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Disclaimer

This web site and these programs were developed, managed, and maintained by Laszlo Kiss, as his own work, until his death in 2011. It is now

maintained by the ivinum !""i#ium $ro%e#t &email #anon !T missae 'T gmail !T #om(. It represents no o""i#ial order, nor the view or opinion o"

any group. Laszlo wrote)I tried to follow my sources, but naturally the more I work on this project the more mistakes I make. Such a project can be

done only by teamwork. I keep doing this in the hope, that a team will pick up the idea, and will use the computers in entirety to help worship God.

*in#e 'ugust 2011, the ivinum !""i#ium $ro%e#t #ontinues Laszlo Kiss+s work and keeps his hope alive.

Words of caution:

Those who are obliged to recite the office should do so from canonically approved books. (Can 276.2.!" and according to the #ummorum

$ontificium only the %&62 books are accepted as e'traordinary form. The $roect makes every effort to maintain in this website the Rubrics

1960version to be identical with the %&62 typical edition" but this internet te't is not approved as so.

The $ro%e#t #onsults written sour#es "or theDivino Afflatuand rident !"!#and rident !$%#and&educed !"$$versions and "ollows

them #are"ully as mu#h as possible

Thepre rident monasticversion is a pro%e#tion ba#kward in time

The !"'# (ewcalendarversion is a pro%e#tion "orward devised by Laszlo Kiss, and probably disapproved by the ##lesia ei

-ommission+s anuary 20 2010 &$rot 1/200( de#ision on a##epted "orm o" the Liturgy.

)istorical versions of the Divinum *fficium

The ivinum !""i#ium was the o""i#ial prayer o" the oman -atholi# -hur#h "or at least 1300

years, until 141, when it was signi"i#antly #hanged to The +iturgy of the )ours. This

programlet as #on#eived by Laszlo Kiss was partially a devi#e enabling one to pray the !""i#e

easily, and partially a histori#al do#ument to visually show the #hanges in the last "ew

hundred years. These purposes are maintained by the ivinum !""i#ium $ro%e#t sin#e 'ugust

2011, with the intent that the so"tware and website should be usable and histori#ally a##urate.

This pro%e#t shows how the daily !""i#e was #olle#ted "rom the same psalms, le#tions, hymns,

versi#les and responsories "or the di""erent versions.)

The pre Tridentine ,onasticversion is an attempt to illustrate the 5enedi#tine

5reviary, as it is des#ribed in the egula o" *t 5enedi#t, with the e6#eption that "or

la#k o" resour#es only 4 lessons are in#luded "or *undays and 7easts instead o" 12

lessons. *ee detailsbelow

The version ordered a"ter the Council of Trent, by $ope *t. $ius 8, whi#h e6#ept "or

the ever in#reasing number o" "easts in the $roprium *an#torum was un#hanged until

the 20th -entury. This Tridentine version was based on the many #enturies be"ore

printed books, there"ore the ma%ority o" psalms were prayed in 9attins, Lauds, and

8espers. The little hours #ontained the same psalm 11: everyday, whi#h wasmemorized by heart and #ould be prayed without a book, at the little hours. *unday

9atutinum #ontained 1: psalms, and the weekday mattins #ontained 12 psalms. Lauds

and 8espers were #onsiderably longer, due to the length o" o" the psalm and their

su""ragia. The 7easts o" *aints o""ered some relie" in the number o" psalms. Those

9attins #onsisted o" 4 psalms only whi#h broke the rule o" the re;uired 130 psalms a

week. The number o" 7estive !""i#es #ame to e6#eed the number o" "erial *unday

!""i#es, when more than two thirds o" the days were 7estive !""i#es.

The Trident %-7version uses the original 130 #alendar, the Trident %&%version

uses the permanent #alendar "rom the1::: $ustetedition

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The ivino '""latu version is named "rom the n#y#li#alo" *t. $ius =., and was the

!""i#ial version "rom 1411 to 14>0. *t $ius =. mi6ed two #hanges

o The version uses the "erial psalms "or the "estive o""i#es e6#ept "or the 1st and

2nd #lass "easts, and "or a "ew others whi#h antiphons hand down "or a "east.The Trindent version Sesonal modeis an attempt to show the e""e#t o" this #hange without the #hange o" the $salter

o

'lso psalms are divided into a weekly #y#le without signi"i#ant repetion o" thepsalms &4 psalms "or matins, 3 ea#h "or the ma%or hours, / ea#h "or the minor

hours(. The en#y#li#al also shortened signi"i#antly the su""ragia, and other

parts o" the o""i#e, redu#ing the time at prayer about 20?.

The ivino '""latu version uses the permanent Kalendar "rom the printed %&/

0atisbone $ustetedition 0o" ohn==III. "urter shortened the prayer time by and additional 3? and 13? respe#tively.

5oth versions are using the permanent #alendar "rom avid *ie"ker+s Lulu 5reviary.

9issing o""i#es are updated as sour#es allows.*ee detailsbelow

The %&6 1ew Calendarversion implements the 2004 permanent #alendar. It uses the

14>0 rubri#s, whi#h is now the e6traordinary "ormo" the o""i#e. It is an e6periment o"

the idea that this "orm should be living prayer o" the -hur#h.*ee detailsbelow

Laszlo prayed the The ivino '""latu version personally) but the main point o" this pro%e#t

was and is to show that the #hanges published in 1433 and 14>0 are not more than the

#hanges whi#h were made in 1411 by ivino '""latu. In all #hanges the reason was to

simpli"y and shorten the !""i#e.

Implemented pre Tridentine ,onastic#hanges

,atinsstarts withDomine labiaand)salm *

7ist @o#turn is always si6 psalms.

7irst @o#turn has / lessons with responsories "rom *#riptures "rom @ovember to Low *unday, one short lesson summertime Second

(octurn is always ' psalms

+cept for Sundays and -easts Duple majus, /nd class, !st class0 second nocturn has a scriptural capitulum with responsory only, andthere is no third nocturn

-or Sundays and -east for lack of resource only * 1 * instead if * 1 2 lessons0 there are three nocturns. he third nocturn has 3ld

estament canticles under one antiphon also it has responsory after the last lesson too, followed by e Deum, reading of the full passage of

Gospel and the short hymn e decet.

Laudsstarts with )salm '

4auds has * psalms, a canticle and psalms !256!2"6!$# as one unit. &esponsory is added to 7apitulum

Primehas 2 or * psalms parts0. )reces, reading of the &egula and commemoration of the dead which was not part of )rime0 is added to

the office

Minor Hourshave psalm sheme only for Sunday, 8onday and the rest of days. 7apitulum is followed only by 9erse.

Vesershas 2 psalms, &esponsory is added to 7apitulum

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-estive 3ffices for both the ridentine, and the Divino Afflatu versions are similar, ecept that in the ridentine version, -easts of

semiduple rank and above use the -estive psalms, which is three nocturns each of three psalms for 8atins, with a slightly different set for

holy men and holy women, with the Sundays psalms from the )salter for the rest of the hours. Simple 3ffices from the proper of the

Saints have only one nocturn in the ridentine version with the psalms of the -eria.

In feriale offices@

o 8atutinum Sunday !5 psalms, weekdays !/ psalms with antiphones according to the day of week 4auds and 9espers have

their set of psalms and antiphones according to the day of week>

o he 4audes II psalms were introduced with the Divino Afflatu version for seasons of Advent and 4ent. In the ridentineversion each -erial 3ffice 4auds began with )salm $# 8iserere mei Deus0, and only the /nd and 2th canticle0 change

throughout the week.

he 4ittle Bours have the same psalm set over the week, but the antiphons change according to the day of week.

)rime has 2 psalms, ecept on Saturdays were it was only * psalms. -or the other days !, *, 2 is the same for all days of the

week, /nd is different.

o -or )reces -eriales )salm !/" is added at 4auds, and )salm $# is added at 9espers.

o he Suffragium is epanded with the 7ommemoratio de 7ruce in the feriis> this is first 0 o the Clessed 9irgin, to St. oseph,

St. )eter and )aul, de )ace.

Implemented 19'' onl( c%an&es@

-irst 9espers only for Sundays and !st and /nd class feasts

Simple feasts are commemorated in 4audes and 9espera only, no reading in 8attins

-ormer semiduple feasts are considered simple, commemorating lesson in 8attins

Implemented 19'6)1960 c%an&es@

)ater noster, Ave 8aria at the beginning and end of the horas, also 7redo for beginning of 8attins and )rime, and end of 7ompline0 is

omitted,

)reces feriales only in ember days ecept )entecost week0 and Eednesdays -ridays of Advent 4ent time

Suffragium, )reces dominicales deleted

Athanasium 7reed Fuicumue0 only on rinity Sunday

8arian Antiphone at the end of 4auds deleted

9igils only for@ (ativity, )entecost> Ascension, 8idsummer day, St )eter H )aul, St 4aurence, Assumption,

3ctaves only for 7hristmas, +aster and )entecost

Implemented 1960 onl( c%an&es@

Antiphons are always double

Doologies for hymns are never changed

4ectio brevis in )rime is not changing for the saints only for the season

)salm $# in holy triduum prayers deleted

&ank only !st to 2th class

o 2th class commemoratio only,

o *rd class former semiduple, duple and some duple majus0 * lectiones only

o /nd class with some former duple majus0 " lections but for horas antiphones and psalms from the weekday

o !st class@ unchanged

-irst week of month from August to (ovember0 always starts in the month, instead of the closest Sunday to alendas

Some additional alendar changes are implemented

1960 *e+ ,alendar version c%an&es@

implementing the /##" 7alendar http@??en.wikipedia.org?wiki?&omanJ7atholicJcalendarJofJsaints0 3nly those offices are parts of the

office for )roper of Saints, which are listed here> some offices are relocated. 3ffices not found in the +traordinary form, are created from

the 7ommon of Saints

8emorial offices are implemented as *rd class offices according to the !"'# rubrics !, /6* readings from the season, *rd reading from

the saint0. -easts are implemented as /nd class semifestive offices0, solemnities as !st class festive0 offices

optional memorial offices are prayed in regular mode, the ferial office is used in seasonal mode, ecept for Advent, when always the

ferial office is recited if the saints office is optional

in 4ent all memorial offices are trumped by the ferial office, in accordance to the !"'# rubrics there is only Gospel homily, no Scriptural

reading for the season0

if two saints are assigned for the same day, the first in the calendar is chosen

commemoration of a saint would be implemented only for local -east or Solemnity in the 3 antiphon Dec !%6/20 days in Advent

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Seasonal feast days moved to Sundays Ascencion etc0 cannot be handled, there would be no office left for the feria. -easts days of saints

can be moved through the translation table 4atin?)salterium?rnewcal.tt, 4atin?)salterium?rnewcalyyyy.tt0

+mber days, &ogation days, and the 3ctave of )entecost is dropped following the previous trend since !"$$> however the lessons are

Gospel homilies for that days

he traditional schema of Sundays Septuagesima time, ' Sundays after +piphany and /2 Sundays after )entecost0 is not changed because

any change of this would reuire to create a new scriptural reading schema

7lick herefor recitation times of the different versions.

Additional variations in the standalone version@

re&ular@ regular version according to the rules

Seasonal@ Bymns, Short readings and Short responses for minor horas are taken from

the proprium de tempora, ecept for !st and /nd class feasts days> also the )reces

Dominicales and the Suffrages are included for duple offices in case of ridentine orDivinu Afflatu versions.

-or Tridentineversions seasonal mode also uses the ferial psalter for duple or lesser

offices

-or 1960 ne+ calendarversion sesonal mode uses the ferial office for optional offices

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