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BENEDICTUS
, the hymn of See also:Zacharias (See also:Luke i
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68 sqq.), so called from the opening word of the Latin version
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The hymn has been used in See also:Christian See also:worship since at least the 9th See also:century, and was adopted into the See also:Anglican See also:Order of See also:Morning See also:Prayer from the See also:Roman service of matin-lauds
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In the Prayer-See also:Book of 1549 there was no alternative to the Benedictus; it was to be used " throughout the whole See also:year." In 1552 the Jubilate was inserted without any restriction as to how often it should take the See also:place of the Benedictus
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Such restriction is clearly implied in the words " except when that (Benedictus) shall happen to be read in the See also:chapter for the See also:day, or for the See also:Gospel on See also:Saint See also: |
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