ANGELUS
Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume
V02,
Page 8
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
ANGELUS
, a Roman Catholic devotion in memory of the Annunciation
.
It has its name from the opening words, Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae
.
It consists of three texts describing the mystery, recited as versicle and response alternately with the salutation " Hail, Mary
!
" This devotion is recited in the Catholic See also: - CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
three times daily, about 6 A.M., noon and 6 p.m
.
At these hours a See also: - BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
known as the Angelus bell is rung
.
This is still rung in some English country churches, and has often been mistaken for and alleged to be a survival of the curfew-bell
.
The institution of the Angelus is by some ascribed to Pope Urban II., by some to John XXII
.
The triple recitation is ascribed to See also: - LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
XI. of France, who in 1472 ordered it to be thrice said daily
.
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