Bede speaks of a Hymn sung, potius 1in vespertinis, quam in aliis Officiis, Vita Chrysost. p. 288. rather at Vespers than in any other Office. And Bas•l, long before him, mentions one, which he calls [Greek or Hebrew], which was used at hCandle-light, [Greek or Hebrew], de Spir. Sanct. cap. 29. p. 276. And such a one we have set down, by the Learnedest of Primates, de Symb. p. 35. called, [Greek or Hebrew]: so proper for the Evening, as it could not be congruously used at any other hour of the day. What reason is there to doubt, but their [Greek or Hebrew], as Epiphanius calls them, […] or those [Greek or Hebrew], Prayers at Candle-light, in Socrat. Hist. l. 5. c. 22. were also accommodated to the time, from whence they are denominated, and at which they were used, as well as their Hymns? To conclude, there is no need to make the Canon thus confound the Offices, which were always distinct, and without all reason, to run counter to all the Christian World; nor to force a sense upon the phrase, which it is impatient of; nor to put a construction upon [Greek or Hebrew], which those times were utterly strangers to. The design and import of it is but this; That those in that Province, should assemble ⟨p. 162⟩for Worship Twice after Noon; and as they had Prayers at one of the hours, so should they have the same holy Employment or Exercise at the other; or as it is more briefly expressed, in the Latin Editions of that Council, Quod semper supplicationes orationum, & ad horam nonam, & ad ivesperam oportet celebrari, Caranz. Quod id ipsum ministerium orationum, & in nonis & vesperis fieri debeat, Cod. Justell. p. 73. Quod id ipsum officium precum & nona & vespera semper debeat exhiberi, in Crab. t. 1. p. 377.
Beda speaks of a Hymn sung, potius 1in vespertinis, quam in aliis Officiis, Vita Chrysost. p. 288. rather at Vespers than in any other Office. And Bas•l, long before him, mentions one, which he calls 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which was used at hCandle-light, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, de Spir. Sanct. cap. 29. p. 276. And such a one we have set down, by the Learnedest of Primates, de Symb. p. 35. called, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉: so proper for the Evening, as it could not be congruously used at any other hour of the day. What reason is there to doubt, but their 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, as Epiphanius calls them, 〈…〉 or those 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Prayers at Candle-light, in Socrat. Hist. l. 5. c. 22. were also accommodated to the time, from whence they are denominated, and at which they were used, as well as their Hymns? To conclude, there is no need to make the Canon thus confound the Offices, which were always distinct, and without all reason, to run counter to all the Christian World; nor to force a sense upon the phrase, which it is impatient of; nor to put a construction upon 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, which those times were utterly strangers to. The design and import of it is but this; That those in that Province, should assemble ⟨p. 162⟩for Worship Twice after Noon; and as they had Prayers at one of the hours, so should they have the same holy Imployment or Exercise at the other; or as it is more briefly expressed, in the Latin Editions of that Council, Quod semper supplicationes orationum, & ad horam nonam, & ad ivesperam oportet celebrari, Caranz. Quod id ipsum ministerium orationum, & in nonis & vesperis fieri debeat, Cod. Justell. p. 73. Quod id ipsum officium precum & nona & vespera semper debeat exhiberi, in Crab. t. 1. p. 377.
- 1In Durand. l. 5. c. 9. p. 162.
- hIn the Cathemerinon of Prudentius, containing Hym•s for all parts of the day; the Fifth (in the Editions of Al••s, and all other, but those of Giselinus and Fabricius) is intituled ad accensionem lucernae, and was afterward made use of as a Church Hymn, different, both from those Four that go before it, (ad Galli cantum, ad M•tutim•m, ante Cibum, post Cibum) and those two that follow it, vid. Rivet. crit. Sacr. l. 3. c. 26. p. 331.
- iIn Clem. Constit. l. 8. [Greek or Hebrew], & [Greek or Hebrew], & [Greek or Hebrew], are distinct and different, cap. 35, 36, 37, 38.In Clem. Constit. l. 8. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, are distinct and different, cap. 35, 36, 37, 38.
