INDEX
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[See also Table of Contents, p. vii.]
Abyssinian Kalendar, see Kalendar
Ado, martyrology of xvi, 93, 94
Advent, observance of 76 ff.
Agnes, St, octave of 20, 71
Akathist, sabbath of 144
Alexandria, church of, its authority in settling date of Easter 121
All Saints (Allhallen), festival of 23, 149;
Sunday of 91, 141;
vigil of 75
All Souls’ Day xiii, 24
Ambrosian rite 77
anarguroi, see Unmercenary
Anatolius, Paschal cycle of 115
Andrew, St, commemoration of 17, 19, 22, 63 f., 137;
octave of 71;
relation of Advent to festival of 79
Anna, St, conception of, see Mary, festivals of
Annunciation, see Mary, festivals of
Antipasch 141, 142
Antiphons, in Advent 78 f.
Apocreos, Sunday of 84, 141, 143;
Sabbath of 144
Apodosis 71, 135
Apostles, commemoration of 22, 58 ff.;
Fast of the 90 f.;
Synaxis of the Twelve 58, 139;
Seventy 70, 138, 139
Apostolic Canons 6, 111
Apostolic Constitutions 6, 111
Aratschavor-atz 92
Armenians, their observance of Epiphany and Christmas 32, 38;
rules of fasting 78, 91 f.;
Kalendar of 36, 43, 147 f.
Artziburion 92
Ascension, commemoration of 18, 42 f., 135, 149
Ascetics, Sabbath of 144
Ash Wednesday 82, 83 f.
Asiatics, commemoration of the Pascha by 106 ff.
Assumption, see Mary, festivals of
Baptism, of Christ, commemoration of 30, 31 n., 32, 139 f.
Barnabas, St, commemoration of 70, 150
Baronius, Cardinal 103
Bartholomew, St, commemoration of 68
Basilian Menology, see Menology
Basilidians, festival of Baptism of Christ kept by 31
Becket, Thomas, institution of festival of Trinity by 46;
feasts of his martyrdom and translation 150
Bede, martyrology of xvi, 23, 49, 62, 69, 70, 93, 94
Borromeo, Charles 83
Candlemas, meaning of 48;
festival of, see Purification
caput jejunii 83
Cara cognatio, pagan solemnity of 61
Celtic churches, Paschal cycle of 122, 146
Charlemagne, Capitula of 86
Christmas, see Nativity
Circumcision, feast of 22 f., 37 ff., 135, 147
claves quadragesimae, Paschae, Rogationum 102
Clavius, see Schlüssel
Coena Domini 40
Conception, see Mary, feasts of
Constantine, letter of, on Paschal question 111 f., 117 ff.
Coptic Kalendar, see Kalendar
Corbie Kalendar 71
Corpus Christi, feast of xiv, 98;
octave of 72
Cross, Holy, adoration of 41 f.;
Sunday of Adoration of 141;
Exaltation of 22, 99, 135, 142, (a fast in Eastern Church) 91;
Invention of 99;
Procession of 25
Cyprian, St, Paschal cycle attributed to 115;
commemoration of, in English Prayer Book 152
Dead, Sabbath of 144
Decollation, see John Baptist
depositiones, of martyrs and bishops 14, 16, 17
dies caniculares 101
dies profestus 74, 87
Dionysius of Alexandria, Paschal cycle of 115
Dionysius Exiguus, Paschal cycle of 123, 124 f.
dominica carnisprivii, see Apocreos
dominica in albis 142
Dominical Kalendar, of Orthodox Eastern Church 140 ff.
Dormitio, see Mary, feasts of
Doxology, the great and the little 137
Easter, regulations for date of 15, 111 f., 122 ff.
See also Pascha, Paschal cycle etc.; octave of 71, 72
Edward, St, the Confessor, feast and translation of 99
Egbert, Abp, Pontifical of 69
Elias of Nisibis 113
Ember Days, meaning of term 90.
See Fasts
English Prayer Book, see Prayer Book
Enurchus, St 151
Epiphany, feast of 17, 20, 23, 30 f., 135, 139;
octave of 71, 72, 135
Ethiopic Kalendar, see Kalendar
Evangelists, commemoration of 65 ff.
Fasts, in Advent 78;
before Easter (Lent) 79 ff.;
after Pentecost 85, 92, 147;
Rogation days 86;
of four seasons (Ember Days) 18 f., 87 ff.;
of vigils 74 f.;
of Eastern Church 90 f.;
of Nineveh 91 f., 147
feria, meaning of term 8
festa chori, festa fori xix
Festal Letters, see Paschal Epistles
Festivals, rank and dignity of 98 f.
Florus, martyrology of xvi, 93, 94
Friday, Christian observance of 10 f.;
fast in Advent 78;
a fast in Eastern Church 91, 140;
commemoration of Saints among East Syrians on 147
Gabriel, archangel, Synaxis of 139, 140
Galesini, Pietro, martyrology of 103
gang-days 87
Gelasian Sacramentary, see Sacramentary
Gellonense, see Martyrologies
George, St, commemoration of 21, 23, 136, 149
Good Friday 41 f., 107
Gorman, martyrology of 95
Gothic Missal 65
Gregorian reform, see Kalendar
Gregory the Great 77, 82
Gregory XIII, Pope, his scheme for a fixed Easter xviii;
appoints a commission to revive Martyrology 103;
his reform of Kalendar 127 ff.
Hieromartyr 138
Hippolytus, Paschal Tables of 111, 112 ff.;
statue of 112
Holy Thursday, see Ascension
Holy Week, observance of 40 ff.
Horologium 103
Hosiomartyr 138
Hypapante, see Purification
Immaculate Conception, see Mary, feasts of
Innocent III, Pope, rules of, concerning vigils 74 f.
Innocents, Holy, commemoration of 17, 19, 22, 33 ff.
Irenaeus, letter of, to Victor of Rome 79, 110
Irish canons, collection of 85 f.
Isapostolos 138
James, St, son of Zebedee, commemoration of 17, 34, 36, 64 f.
James, St, the Lord’s brother, commemoration of 34, 36, 67.
See also Philip and James
James and John, SS., commemoration of 16, 33 f., 65
January, Kalends of, observed as a fast 38 f.
Jerome, see Martyrologies (Hieronymian)
John Baptist, St, commemoration of 17, 18, 21, 34;
Conception of 53, 139;
Nativity of 18, 68, 135, 139, 149;
Decollation of 18, 69, 135, 139, (a fast) 91;
Synaxis of 139, 140;
East Syrian commemoration of 148;
vigil of Nativity of 75
John, St, the Evangelist, commemoration of 17, 19, 22, 33 f., 65, 75, 136;
before the Latin Gate 21, 66;
Migration (or Assumption) of 34, 65, 136
Jude, St (Thaddaeus), commemorated in Greek Church 67
Kalendar, causes of growth of xii f., 95 ff.;
antiquarian notices in 100, 102;
artificial construction of xii;
astronomical notes in 101;
influences affecting 97 f.;
marks of antiquity in 13;
value of, for study of MSS 95 f.;
Gregorian reform of 125 ff.;
Bucherian (Liberian, or Philocalian) 14, 28, 31, 38, 59, 63 n.;
Carthaginian 16, 31, 34, 38, 63 n.;
of Polemius Silvius, 16, 63 n.;
Abyssinian 148;
Armenian 147;
Coptic 148;
East Syrian 147;
of English Prayer Books 149 ff.;
Ethiopic 148;
Mozarabic 36;
of Orthodox Eastern Church 133 ff.
See also Martyrologies, Sacramentary
Kings, the Three, Translation of 97, 100
Kollyba, Sabbath of 144
Koryphaeoi 135
Lawrence, St, octave of 71;
vigil of 75
Lazarus, Sabbath of 135, 144
Lent, observance of 79 ff., 141 ff.
Leo, St, correspondence of, on Paschal limits 120 f., 124;
Sacramentary of, see Sacramentary
Leofric Missal 69, 97
Lights, Feast of (Epiphany) 30 f., 142
Lilio, Luigi, reformation of Kalendar by 127
Litanies, origin of 86 f.;
at Rome 67
Lord, festivals of the, xii, 27 ff.
Lord’s Day, Christian observance of xi, 3 f., 5, 6, 7, 10, 37;
vigil preceding 73.
See also Dominical Kalendar
Luke, St, commemoration of 17, 66
Lupercalia, heathen festival of 48
Maccabees, commemoration of 16, 17, 25 f.
Mamertus, bishop of Vienne, rogations appointed by 86
Margaret, Queen of Scotland 83
Mark, St, commemoration of 66 f.
Martyrologies, use of term 93 f.;
influence on later Kalendars 94;
marks of antiquity in 13;
Bucherian (Liberian or Philocalian) 14;
Carthaginian 16 f.;
Syrian 15, 65;
Gellonense 62, 70;
Hieronymian 34, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70;
modern Roman 103.
See also Ado, Bede, Florus, Usuard, and Kalendar
Martyrs, days of, observed locally xi, 12 ff., (at cemeteries) 24;
Acts of, read in churches 17;
oblations offered for 14
Mary, St, the Virgin (Theotokos), feasts of xv, 47 ff., 148;
Annunciation of 21, 49 f., 57, 135, 140, 147;
Assumption (dormitio, Repose) of 22, 51, 57, 75, 135, (fast before) 75, 90;
Conception of xiv f., 52 ff., 57, 98;
Immaculate Conception of 52 ff.;
Nativity of 22, 50, 51 n., 57, 135, 140;
Presentation of 51, 57, 135;
Synaxis of Theotokos 57, 139, 140.
See also Purification
Mary Magdalene, St, commemoration of 69 f.;
the ‘myrrh-bearer’ 69;
in English Prayer Book 70, 150, 151
Matthew. St, commemoration of 66
Matthias, St, commemoration of, in English Prayer Book 150
Maundy Thursday (dies mandati), observance of 40 f.;
meaning of term 41 n.
Maurolico, Francesco, martyrology of 103
Melito, Bp of Sardis, defence of Asiatic Paschal observance by 108 f.
Menology, character of early Eastern 133;
of Constantinople 133;
Basilian 30, 133
Michael, St, Synaxis of 137, 139;
monthly commemoration of, by Ethiopic Church 148
missa ad prohibendum ab idolis 39
Montanists, celebration of Pascha by 28 f.
Mozarabic rite 77, 83
Myrrh-bearers, Sunday of 141, 142.
See also Mary Magdalene
natale, dies natalis, natalitia 13, 15, 67
natale Calicis 15, 40
natale Petri de Cathedra, see Peter, St
natalis Solis Invicti 30
Nativity, of the Lord (Christmas), feast of 15, 17, 19, 22, 27 f., 49, 76, 135, 140, 147, 148;
origin of feast of 29 f.;
octave of 71, 72;
fast before 90;
vigil of 75
Nicaea, Council of, decisions of, on Paschal question 116 f.;
commemoration of the 318 fathers of 141, 143
Octaves, meaning of term 70 f.;
history of 71
Oengus, the Culdee, martyrology of 95
Old Testament worthies, commemoration of xii, 134, 136, 148
Orthodoxy Sunday xiii, 141, 142
O sapientia 78 f.
Palm Sunday (Feast of Palms) 40, 84, 135, 141
Parasceve 10, 11, 37, 144 f.
Pascha, original use of term 104 ff.;
Christian commemoration of xi, 37, 104 ff.;
dies Paschae 40
Paschal Cycles, of Hippolytus 111, 112 ff.;
of Dionysius Al. 115;
of Anatolius 115;
Roman 123;
Alexandrine 123;
of Victorius 124;
of Dionysius Exiguus 123, 124 f.
Paschal Epistles xviii, 121
Paschal limits 120 f.
Paschal question xvii, 105 ff.
Paschal Tables, see Paschal Cycles
Passiontide, observance of 40 ff.
Paul, St, commemoration of 21, 33;
Conversion of 69;
Translation of 69.
See also Peter and Paul
Pentecost, meaning of term 43 ff.;
observance of 18, 37, 43 ff., 135, 141;
octave of 71, 72;
vigil of 75
Peter, St, commemoration of 33;
Chains of (ad Vincula) 21, 25, 63;
Chair of (Cathedra Petri) 15, 59, 60 ff.;
Dedication of Basilica of 18, 63
Peter and Paul, SS., commemoration of 16, 18, 21, 34, 35, 135;
depositio of 16;
origin of festival of xiii, 59 f.;
fast before 90;
octave of 71
Philip, the deacon 67
Philip, St, feast of 67, 78;
fast of 78
Philip and James, SS., commemoration of 21, 67, 75
Pliny, letter of, to Trajan 72
Polycarp, St, conference of, with Anicetus on Paschal question 108
Polycrates, letter of, on Paschal controversy 109
Polyeleos 136
Pontius Pilate, commemorated by Ethiopians 148
Prayer Book, American 43, 153;
English (1549, 1552) 70, 101, 150, (1559) 101, 150, (1604) 151, (1662) 79, 151;
Irish 153;
Latin (1560) 150;
Scottish (1637) 79, 153
Preces Privatae (1564) 151
Pre-sanctified, Mass of 42
Presentation, of the Lord in Temple 48, 147.
See also Purification; of St Mary, see Mary, feasts of
Primer, of Edward VI 101
Prodromos 138
proheortia 43, 135
Purification (Hypapante, Candlemas), feast of 20, 23, 47 ff., 51 n., 57, 101, 135, 140, 149
Quadragesima, ante Pascha (Lent) 80 f., 85;
of St Martin 77, 85;
after Pentecost 85;
before St John Baptist 85 f.
See also Fasts
Quartodecimans 107
Quinquagesima 84
Rabanus Maurus, martyrology of 69, 95
Relics, translation of, as affecting Kalendars 97
Requiem masses, prohibited within certain octaves, 72
Rogation Days, origin of 86 f.
Roman Breviary and Missal 63, 71
Roman Kalendar 52
Sabbath, see Saturday
Sacramentary, Gallican 77;
Gothic-Gallican 77;
Gelasian 20, 39, 58, 64, 66, 68;
Gregorian 20 f., 33, 39, 49, 66, 68, 69, 83;
Leonine 18 f., 42, 58, 64, 66, 68, 88 f.
Samaria, woman of (Photina), commemorated xii, 141
Sarum, Breviary 32, 51, 52;
Enchiridion 51 f.;
Missal 32, 51
Saturday (or Sabbath), Christian observance of 2, 4 ff.;
special observances of, in Greek Church 144;
Great Sabbath 6, 40, 144
Schlüssel, Christopher, reformation of Kalendar by 127
Seventy Apostles (disciples) 70, 138, 139
Sexagesima 84
Silvia, Pilgrimage of xvi, 27, 40, 42, 48, 72, 73, 82
Simon and Jude, SS., commemoration of, 67
Simon Zelotes, St, commemorated in Greek Church 67
Station (statio) 11
Stephen, St, commemoration of 16, 17, 18 n., 22, 33, 34
Style, New, history of adoption of 130 ff.
Sunday, see Lord’s Day
supputatio Romana 123
Synaxis, use of term in Eastern Kalendars 139
Syrians, East, Kalendar of 147 f.
Tessarakoste, use of term 80, 90 f.
Thaddaeus, see Jude
thaumaturgos 138
Theodore, of Canterbury, Paenitentiale of 85
Theodore Tyro, St, 144
Theometor, Theopator, 139
Theophany, see Epiphany
theophorus 137
Theotokos, see Mary, feasts of
Thomas, St, commemoration of 67 f.
Three hundred and eighteen, see Nicaea
Transfiguration, commemoration of 43, 135
Trinity Sunday, observance of 45 f.
Tyrinis or Tyrophagus (Sunday) 84, 141, 143
Unmercenary saints 139
Usuard, martyrology of xvi, 49, 62, 67, 93, 94, 95
Victor, Bp of Rome, attitude of, on Paschal question 109 f.
Victorius of Aquitaine, Paschal cycle of 124
Vigils, origin of 72 ff.;
rules for 74 f.;
at Ember seasons 88
Votive masses, prohibited within certain octaves 72
Wednesday, observance of 10 f.;
fast in Advent 78;
a fast in Eastern Church 91, 140
Week, Jewish and Christian 2;
first day of, see Lord’s Day;
Great, see Holy Week
Weigel, Erhard, Kalendar of 131
Ximenes, Cardinal 83
ἀνάληψις 42
μεταμόρφωσις 43
παρασκευή 10
πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον 119
πάσχα σταυρώσιμον 119
πεντηκοστάριον 143
τεσσαρακοστή 80
τεσσαρεσκαιδεκατῖται 107
τριῴδιον 143
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