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From Breviary to Liturgy of the Hours: The Structural Reform of the Roman Office 1964-1971
This book examines the process of the structural reform of the Office, the options available to the Vatican II reformers, and the choices they made. It reveals that their insistence on adhering to the norms of the Consitution on the Liturgy resulted in a structural reform that was both radical and flawed, leaving the door open to further restructuring.
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Published January 1, 1995
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September 21, 2024
AN ACCOUNT OF THE "STRUCTURAL EVOLUTION" OF THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS
Stanislaus Campbell is "the auxiliary provincial of the West Coast province of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. He has taught in his congregation's secondary schools and at the collegiate level."
He wrote in the Preface to this 1995 book, "This study will be concerned with the structural evolution of the Roman Office in the process undertaken by its reformers between 1964 and the publication and promulgation of Luturgia Homarum ... in 1971 and 1972. More specifically this study attempts (1) to delineate the process of the structural reform of the Office, (2) to determine as far as possible the options available to the reformers for structuring the revised Office both as a whole and in its individual Hours, (3) to determine as far as possible why certain options were ultimately selected over others, and (4) to offer a critical evaluation of what occurred in the process of structural reform, what options were available, and the choices that were made for the finalized structure ..." (Pg. xiii)
He points out, "The papal interventions, particularly those advocating reduction of the minor Hours to one and the abandonment of imprecatory and historical psalms, not only contributed to the evocation of major reconsideration of the structure of the Hours as a whole and the role and distribution of psalmody in the Office but, perhaps more significantly, also revealed that Paul Vi was willing to go beyond the norms of SC with respect to reform of the Office." (Pg. 246)
This book is obviously never going to be a "bestseller," but for someone who wants detailed information about some of the discussions and debates that went into the reform of the Liturgy of the Hours, this book will be invaluable.
Stanislaus Campbell is "the auxiliary provincial of the West Coast province of the De La Salle Christian Brothers. He has taught in his congregation's secondary schools and at the collegiate level."
He wrote in the Preface to this 1995 book, "This study will be concerned with the structural evolution of the Roman Office in the process undertaken by its reformers between 1964 and the publication and promulgation of Luturgia Homarum ... in 1971 and 1972. More specifically this study attempts (1) to delineate the process of the structural reform of the Office, (2) to determine as far as possible the options available to the reformers for structuring the revised Office both as a whole and in its individual Hours, (3) to determine as far as possible why certain options were ultimately selected over others, and (4) to offer a critical evaluation of what occurred in the process of structural reform, what options were available, and the choices that were made for the finalized structure ..." (Pg. xiii)
He points out, "The papal interventions, particularly those advocating reduction of the minor Hours to one and the abandonment of imprecatory and historical psalms, not only contributed to the evocation of major reconsideration of the structure of the Hours as a whole and the role and distribution of psalmody in the Office but, perhaps more significantly, also revealed that Paul Vi was willing to go beyond the norms of SC with respect to reform of the Office." (Pg. 246)
This book is obviously never going to be a "bestseller," but for someone who wants detailed information about some of the discussions and debates that went into the reform of the Liturgy of the Hours, this book will be invaluable.
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