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.
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