Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- 7 The Eucharist
- 8 Liturgy and the Sacraments
- 9 Liturgy of the Hours
- 10 The Liturgical Year
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
9 - Liturgy of the Hours
from Part II - The Celebration of the Liturgy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- 7 The Eucharist
- 8 Liturgy and the Sacraments
- 9 Liturgy of the Hours
- 10 The Liturgical Year
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Liborius Olaf Lumma sheds light on the Church’s daily prayer, previously called the Divine Office in the West, now known as the Liturgy of the Hours. He sketches their emergence and historical development in different cultural realms, but not without sounding how intrinsically important the hours are for Christian worship as a whole.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 155 - 172Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
For Further Reading
Bradshaw, Paul F., Daily Prayer in the Early Church: A Study of the Origin and Early Development of the Divine Office (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2008).Google Scholar
Budde, Achim, Gemeinsame Tagzeiten: Motivation – Organisation – Gestaltung, Praktische Theologie heute 96 (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 2013).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Campbell, Stanislaus, From Breviary to Liturgy of the Hours: The Structural Reform of the Roman Office, 1964–1971 (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1995).Google Scholar
Klöckener, Martin, and Rennings, Heinrich, Lebendiges Stundengebet (Freiburg: Herder, 1989).Google Scholar
Taft, Robert, The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).Google Scholar
Woolfenden, Gregory W., Daily Liturgical Prayer: Origins and Theology (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004).Google Scholar
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