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Hours of the Cross/Sub Rosa translation · Modern Readable

Hours of the Cross

Horae de Cruce / Officium de Passione Domini

Attributed by tradition to Pope John XXII (1316–1334); actual composition uncertain·c. 1316–1334 (Johannine attribution) or earlier; standard by c. 1380·from the Latin

A full modern English translation of the work — 1 book, 8 chapters — translated sentence by sentence from the Latin, with scripture echoes traced and brief notes on the harder turns of phrase. Choose a section to begin reading.

8 chapters63 sentences12 scripture echoes
Devotional manualContemplatio — The Ascent
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Hours of the Cross

  1. 1.1Matutinum
  2. 1.2Prima
  3. 1.3Tertia
  4. 1.4Sexta
  5. 1.5Nona
  6. 1.6Vesperae
  7. 1.7Completorium
  8. 1.8Recommendatio