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Anglican Breviary
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<p>The <i>Anglican Breviary</i> is an <a href="/facts/Anglican/CDICRNVn">Anglican</a> edition of the <a href="/facts/Liturgy_of_the_Hours/CpQrBktp">Divine Office</a> translated into English, used especially by Anglicans of <a href="/facts/Anglo-Catholicism/pv3CQqf8">Anglo-Catholic</a> churchmanship. It is based on the <i><a href="/facts/Roman_Breviary/JxhJWbM8">Roman Breviary</a></i> as it existed prior to both the <a href="/facts/Second_Vatican_Council/pH00YMc3">Second Vatican Council</a> and the <a href="/facts/Liturgical_reforms_of_Pope_Pius_XII/GXQeM0Kk">1955 liturgical reforms of Pope Pius XII</a>. </p><p>It contains the liturgical offices of the hours: </p> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Matins/TJ1sX8ot">Matins</a> or Midnight Prayer (Midnight)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Lauds/RQLVgHQ6">Lauds</a> or Dawn Prayer (Dawn)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Prime_(liturgy)/QXtU8tI0">Prime</a> or Early Morning Prayer (7 am)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Terce/Ydskdzzs">Terce</a> or Mid-Morning Prayer (9 am)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Sext/1rul0rHx">Sext</a> or Midday Prayer (12 noon)</li> <li><a href="/facts/None_(liturgy)/cHymlKzg">None</a> or Mid-Afternoon Prayer (3 pm)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Vespers/2Kqne3r5">Vespers</a> or Evening Prayer (6 pm)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Compline/IrmRFnla">Compline</a> or Night Prayer (9 pm)</li></ul>