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Benedictus
The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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The canticle beginning "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel," used after the Second Lesson at Morning Prayer. It is the song uttered by Zacharias on the naming of St. John Baptist and is found in St. Luke I:68-80. The Benedictus has been used as a responsory canticle to the Gospel Lessons from very ancient times as the daily memorial of the Incarnation. As such it is the proper respond to the Second Lesson, the Jubilate being simply an alternate, to be used when the Benedictus occurs in the Lesson for the day. During Advent it is to be sung entire; at other times only four verses may be used.
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Miller, William James. Entry for 'Benedictus'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/b/benedictus.html. 1901.
Miller, William James. Entry for 'Benedictus'. The American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/acd/b/benedictus.html. 1901.
