medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
John Wickstrom wrote:
>
> I think there is no question that there are "two complines" for double
> feasts. In the Roman usage, there are ferial psalms for Compline
> (unlike the monastic tradition that uses the same three daily). In
> the (post-Tridentine) breviary, after first vespers of the double
> feast, the instruction follows: Compline as on Sunday: that is the
> festal psalms replace the ferial psalms, just as they do for vespers
> and the other hours. All this might, of course, have had significant
> variations in the middle ages and among various religious orders and
> houses.
Thanks for clearing this up. The reason for any doubt in my mind was that
for a Simple Feast, first Compline (if one may call it that) was ferial.
John Briggs
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