He completed the history of the Life of St. Evroult by adding nineantiphons and three responses.
He also chanted the antiphons according to his and our custom.
They knew the order of the church service, and could sing its psalms and antiphons in the language of the church, and to her ancient tones.
The seven antiphons which were sung in Advent were called O's.
Here, on the festival of St. Agnes, the papal choir sing the antiphons of the virgin saint, and the hymn "Jesu Corona Virginum.
In the fourth century, according to Gevaert, antiphons were already known in the East.
The oldest chants are the simplest, and of those now in existence the antiphons of the Divine Office can be traced farthest back to the transition point from the Greco-Roman practice to that of the Christian Church.
The antiphons and hymns of this Office are, it is said, amongst the most beautiful and sublime prayers of our liturgy.
As a general rule antiphons of the current day of the week are to be said.
The great antiphonsare the antiphons of the Magnificat which begin on the 17th December.
And the old liturgists add that these antiphons are said at Vespers, the evening Hour, because the Messias was expected and watched for in the world's evening.
Then the Gloria Patri, Sicut erat, Amen, Alleluia are said before the antiphons and psalms.
Speaking of these antiphons of the Blessed Virgin, Battifol, in his History of the Roman Breviary (English ed.
Ferias throughout the year haveantiphons of current feria.
In the early ages of the Church and down to the fourteenth century the simple office consisted of the ferial office with lessons, antiphons and prayers.
The psalms found arranged in the new Breviary for three nocturns are to be said with nine antiphonsup to the versicle of third nocturn--the versicle of the first and second being omitted (Tit.
They are the most beautiful antiphons in the liturgy, expressing the prayers and ardent hopes for the coming Saviour.
These antiphons are considered most excellent, preceding as they do the Gospel canticles (St. Luke I.
We owe a just debt of gratitude to those who gave us the antiphons of the Blessed Virgin .
Gevaert draws from his examination of the Antiphons of Divine Service (La Melopee Antique, p.
If the abbot was unable to take any of his duties in church in the way of singing, such as celebrating the High Mass or intoning the Antiphons at the Benedictus and Magnificat, the cantor took them as part of the duties of his office.
The rest of theantiphons were given out as at Matins, by one on each side in turn.
Before and after the Magnificat is the time the Church chooses for these solemn antiphons in order to keep constantly before our minds the truth that He is coming by Mary.
Let us then as we meditate on these great antiphons look in the direction of Mary where our King is as yet hidden, remembering that it is she who when Christmas comes, is going to shew unto us the Blessed Fruit of her womb JESUS.
They used an arrangement called "The Day Hours of the English Church," but beyond a few extra antiphons there was very little difference from ordinary Evening Prayer.
Withal, it was a gloomy Easter for the brethren, and when they began the first Vespers with the quadruple Alleluia, it seemed as if they were still chanting the sorrowful antiphons of Good Friday.
Antiphons were originally verses sung as a refrain between each verse of the Psalms, one side of the choir taking the former and the other the latter.
On the feasts of Saints and on all festivals let the Office be performed as we have prescribed for Sundays, except that the Psalms, the antiphons and the lessons belonging to that particular day are to be said.
Let the Psalms and the antiphons be intoned by those who are appointed for it, in their order after the Abbot.
After these lessons let six more Psalms with antiphons follow in order, as before, and a verse; and then let four more lessons be read with their responsories in the same way as the former.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "antiphons" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
