The Office of St Victor
The Office of St Victor
VIGILS Invitatory Take courage; Victor has conquered the world; let us rejoice in his victory that we too may conquer.
HYMN Fitting it was that one still in this body, curbing his flesh though from its fleshy longing, living angelic, should be hearing angels singing so friendly.
Fitting indeed that he, the designated Vessel of Honor, keep himself all-holy for a vocation given him within the womb of his mother.
Ghosts we are told of saw his mother pregnant, nor could withstand the presence of her infant; fled they and named him Victor, Saint and Holy, closed in the womb still.
Nor did he later disappoint the hopes of all that he promised in so ripe a childhood; rather he added yet maturer living, greater in growing.
Glory to highest Trinity of Godhead; glory unique for three all-holy persons; total for each and undivided singly— three who are one God.
FIRST NOCTURN
First Antiphon Blessed the man who loved the law and ambitioned not the prelate's chair.
Second Antiphon He served the Lord in fear, and now without tremor he exults before him.
The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux Third Antiphon He walked, O Lord, in the light of your countenance, and now that light is sealed upon him.
Fourth Antiphon Those words of yours, O Lord—Victor received them into his ears and into his heart. It was they that gave him his victory.
Fifth Antiphon In Victor's mouth was perfect praise, for in his heart there was perpetual peace.
Sixth Antiphon He was confident in the Lord; in vain did they try to waylay him, those who shoot from ambush on the upright of heart.
W. The Lord loved him and adorned him.
Ry. He clothed him with a robe of glory.
First Responsory O what a man of outstanding holiness! Saint before he was born, a Victor before he was named! * Enclosed in the womb and already triumphant over the foe!
YW. Lord, you anticipated with him, and gave him in advance the choicest of blessings. * Enclosed. ...
Second Responsory O what a miracle, joyous and rare! A lion roaring and in flight * from a child who has not yet cried! W. As wax melts and runs before fire, so do sinners perish. * From.
Third Responsory O what a mother, and how fortunate! Her womb underwent a
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renewal no mother had experienced * since the days of John the Baptist! V. There was not found the like of him. * Since. .
Fourth Responsory O good Jesus, yours is the power, yours the victory, whereby one little lamb * set a whole pack of wolves in panic. V. Before the child would know how to call father or mother. * Set...
Y. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
O goods.2
SECOND NOCTURN
Seventh Antiphon The Malignant One was annihilated before him, that he might live up to his name of Victor.
Eighth Antiphon Lord, in your strength will Victor rejoice, for he knows that his victory came not from his own.
Ninth Antiphon Not in vain did he accept his soul, he who ruled his life by reason.
And that is why he has been able to climb the mountain of the Lord.
Tenth Antiphon From the fear of the enemy you have snatched, O Lord, the soul of the Saint. And now that the victory is his, no fighting remains for him.
Eleventh Antiphon For you a hymn, for you all praise, you whose doing it was that our Victor, freed from the flesh, should be able to free a man in chains.
Twelfth Antiphon Good it is to confess to the Lord. The merits of the saints are gifts
The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux from him. To him Saint Victor confesses his debt as being a victor.
V. The Lord led the just man through right paths.
Ry. And showed him the Kingdom of God.
Fifth Responsory The King of the Franks, passing by the hermit's dwelling, was impressed by what was being said * of this man. V. So many things we have heard and learned, and our fathers have told us. * Of this golehalks Ay
Sixth Responsory Rumor had already made known the hidden treasure and it could not bypass a passing king. * He therefore stopped off at the poor man's hut, enticed by the renown of his holiness. V. That he might see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the desert.
* He therefore.
Seventh Responsory When the king entered the impoverished cell, his host took good care of him. There was no wine, but he drew water from a nearby spring, blessed it, and turned it into wine. And so they all drank, * the King himself and his companions. Y'. All were filled with stupor and ecstasy over what had befallen him. * The King. ..
Eighth Responsory The waters poise in earthen jars; a new command. resounds:
"Be poured!" * The waters hear their Lord and blush to wine.
Y. The right hand of the Lord has wrought mightily.
* The waters hear... . VW. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. The waters poise. .
THIRD NOCTURN
Antiphon for the Canticles How comforting, how pleasant, how welcome a thing it is, in
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this place of affliction, in this body of death, to have you, O Victor, to sing of, you to devote ourselves to, you to implore for aid!
Y. The just man shall flourish as the palm tree. ky. As the cedar of Lebanon shall he grow.
Ninth Responsory A certain man, unashamed to malign the Saint, stole his wheat and hid it underground, and thereupon miserably * fell victim to a malignant spirit. W. Cursed be the man who hides corn from the people. * Heé fell'. .
Tenth Responsory A miracle sad but just! * The man who bore with the demon while he suggested the crime had to bear with him also while he avenged it! W. You are just, O Lord, and your award is right.
* The man.
Eleventh Responsory What a revelation of the mysteries of iniquity! A demon prompts a man; the man exposes the demon; Victor steps in and arbitrates between the two. * He routs the demon, heals the man, and gets his wheat back in return. Wickedness indeed will out! VY. The Lord was with him amid the fraud of those who tried to outsmart him, and he kept him honorable. * He routs.
Twelfth Responsory Victor looked upwards and saw the heavens opened and a cross adorned with jewels. A voice came to him: "The jewels are souls;
* they have reached a share in the glory of the Cross for having borne its ignominy." VY. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, and the daughters of Sion rejoice in their King. * They have. .
Y. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit.
Victor.
The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux DAUDS First Antiphon Victor's body dwelt on earth; his mind in heaven, where it heard angelic voices, sometimes carrying a message, sometimes waxing ineffable in melodious song.
Second Antiphon He has now entered the heavens which he used to see opened before his blessed eyes. Now indeed he beholds unveiled the face of God in glory.
Third Antiphon Blessed is that vision whereby you, O Victor, are transformed into the selfsame image, from brightness to brightness, as by the Spirit of the Lord.
Fourth Antiphon O Victor, you once beheld a Cross studded with gems; one of the gems is your soul. For your soul was truly encrusted into the Cross, along with the inlaid jewelry of Divine Glory, the image of whose splendor you now are wearing.
Fifth Antiphon Almighty Father, we have sinned against you and become alienated as your sons. Let our Victor, who conquered his own covetousness, conquer your wrath and bring us back to you, restoring us mightily to your grace.
Responsory Daughters of Jerusalem, a holy soul is taking leave of earth; * go forth now and meet it. V. Coming it shall come with exultation.
* Go forth.
... V. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Daughters.
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HYMN Wine from a flowing fountain, not a grape-vine; water from springs that don a richer color, bless'd by a sign from Blessed Victor's fingers used as a wine-press.
Color and taste and all that wine is made of enter the limpid waters and renew them, leave there the royal party standing speechless, royally drinking.
Tortured by demons, guilty too of thieving, yet could he never hide himself from Victor.
Out goes that cruel torturer to suffer torture himself now.
Such is sufficient proof amid so many signs of the glory Victor won of sainthood, signs of the Spirit dwelling deep within him, teaching him goodness.
Glory to highest Trinity of Godhead; glory unique for three all-holy persons; total for each and undivided singly— three who are one God.
Y. Pray for us, O Blessed Victor.
Benedictus Antiphon How fortunate the generation for whom Victor arose as a light in the dark, to shine on those who sat in darkness and the shadow of death.
PRIME Antiphon Today Victor has put aside the body which alone stood between him and his entry into glory. Rich in merits, glorious in signs, how speedily he penetrates into the holy realms, transformed and glorious like the saints.
The Works of Bernard of Clairvaux TERCE Antiphon Your name and your memory, O Victor, are as dripping honeycomb to the lips of us captives here. Come then, O sturdy athlete, friendly patron, faithful advocate; rise up and help us, that you may glory in the fullness of your victory.
SEXT Antiphon In his victory, God made room for him upon his bosom, just as in battle he had lent him his spirit. Now that he is with you, O
God, who are everywhere, do you inspire him to think of us miserable creatures. Accept him as he supplicates for us. Give him a hearing as he pleads for us, O God.
NONE Antiphon Victor has been swallowed up into glory. O Son of God, make him ever mindful of us; let him take up and defend our cause in your own dread judgment.
SECOND VESPERS
First Antiphon Holy Victor, who could worthily tell your praises, the luster of your chastity, the strength of your mind, the purity of your conscience?
Second Antiphon Holy Victor, who will enable us to abide in the memory of your abundant kindness and the goodness of your life:
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Third Antiphon Holy Victor, send us help from the Holy Realm, and from Sion protect us, even as we send praise to you from the earth.
Fourth Antiphon Holy Victor, your holiness and your victory are as glorious to you as they are salutary to us.
Responsory Behold the Victor, arriving full glorious.
* Come, hasten to bring the crown. VY. Now he is entering into the joy of his Lord.
* Come. ... W. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. Behold.
Magnificat Antiphon O magnificent Victor, although your magnificence rises higher than the heavens, your constant munificence does not abandon the needy of the earth.
APPENDIX St Bernard's Letter to Abbot Guy and the Monks of Montiéramey* To Guy, the venerable Abbot of Montiéramey, and the holy Brothers who are with him, from Bernard, their servant, that they might serve the Lord in holiness.
You ask me, my dearest Abbot Guy, and at the same time all your Brothers who are with you, that I write for you an office which you can solemnly recite or sing on the Feast of St Victor, whose sacred relics are preserved in your midst. When I delay, you insist; when I make excuses, you urge me on, ignoring my embarrassment, even though it is fully justified. You enlist others to join in your request, as if anything could incline me to your will more cogently than your own desires. But indeed in considering this matter you ought to think not of your affection for me but rather of my place in the Church. In a matter of such importance it is not a friend that you are looking for but one who is learned and worthy, whose authority is greater, whose life is holier, whose style is more developed and whose work shows forth and is in keeping with true holiness.
Should the writings of one who is so insignificant among the people of God be read in the Churches? How little is my genius
1. As the critical edition of the Letters of St Bernard is not yet complete, this translation is based on Mabillon's edition found in Migne: PL 182:609—
612.
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and eloquence that one should single me out to ask for texts of celebration and praise. What is this: Should I now here on earth begin a new hymn of praise for him whom the heavens already hold to be praiseworthy and glorified? To want to add something to the heavenly: praises is to detract from them. Not that men should fail to praise one who has been glorified by the angels, but in their celebrations anything savoring of novelty or frivolity would be out of place. There is room here only for the authentic and the traditional which edifies the Church and bears the stamp of her dignity. If something new is to be heard, because the situation requires it, I believe, as I have said, those things are to be used which will please the hearts of the hearers and be useful to them because of the dignity both of the expression and of the author. Furthermore, the texts must be clear, shining forth with unclouded truth, proclaiming justice, urging humility, teaching equity. They should bring forth truth in our minds, virtue in our action; crucify our vices, inflame devotion, and discipline our senses. The chant if it is employed should be quite solemn, nothing sensuous or rustic. Its sweetness should not be frivolous. It should please the ear only that it might move the heart, taking away sorrow and mitigating wrath. It should not detract from the sense of the words, but rather make it more fruitful. It is not a little blow to spiritual profit when more attention is paid to feats of voice than to the meaning of words.
This then is what ought to be heard in the Church and the kind of man the author ought to be. Am I such a man, and have I ever composed such things: And nevertheless you come pounding on the door of my poverty, arousing me. If not because of your friendship, certainly because of your importunity, I have risen, according to the word of the Lord, to give you what you have demanded (Lk 11:8). I have given you not what you really wanted, but what has come to my hand; what I could manage, and not what you wished. Basing myself on the facts found in the ancient
Life of the Saint which you sent me, I have dictated two sermons, using my own mode of expression. I have tried not to be tiresomely long. Then in regard to the singing I have composed a hymn in
Appendix which I have sacrificed the meter in order that the meaning might stand out better. I have arranged twelve responsories and twentyseven antiphons,? putting each in its proper place. There is also a responsory for the first vespers and, according to your custom, two short responsories for the feast, one for lauds-and the other for vespers. For all this I demand my pay. I will not be without my reward. So what? Whether you are pleased with it or not, that matters little to me, for I have given you what I have. Therefore, give me my pay: your prayers.
2. "Twenty-seven" is the reading in Mabillon, but the more common reading of "thirty-seven" would seem to be the correct one. See Introduction, above, note 10. There are also manuscripts which read "thirty-four"; see
Leclercq, op. cit., p. 150.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. General Works — Bernard de Clairvaux (Paris: Commission d'Histoire de l'Ordre de Citeaux,
1953).
——S. Bernard et son temps, 2 vols, (Dijon: l'Académie des Sciences, Artes et Belles-lettres, 1929).
——Théologie de la vie monastique (Paris: Aubier, 1961).
——L' Art Cistercien (Cahiers de la Pierre-qui-Vire, No. 16, 1962).
Bouyer, L., The Cistercian Heritage (London: Mowbrays, 1958).
Constable, G. and Kritzeck, J., Petrus Venerabilis, 1156-1956 (Rome: Studia Anselmiana, No. 40, 1956).
Evans, Joan, Monastic Life at Cluny 910-1157 (Oxford University Press, 1931). cs Life in Mediaeval France (Oxford University Press, 1925).
Gilson, E., The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard (London: Sheed & Ward, 1955).
Leclercq, J., Pierre le vénérable (Abbaye S. Wandrille: Editions de Fontenelle, 1946).
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,, (ed.) Saint Bernard Théologien (Rome: Analecta S.O.C., fasc. 3-4, 1953).
», (et al.) La spiritualité du moyen age (Paris: Aubier, 1961).
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God (New York: Fordham University Press, 1961; Mentor, 1962).
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Témoins de la spiritualité occidentale (Paris: Cerf, 1965).
Chances de la spiritualité occidentale (Paris: Cerf, 1966).
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"Tes intentions des fondateurs de l'Ordre cistercien" (Colletanea Cisterciensia, 30 (1968), pp. 233-271).
Lekai, L. The White Monks (Okauchee, Wisconsin: Cistercian Fathers, 1953),
Selected Bibliography Luddy, A., The Life and Teaching of St. Bernard (Dublin: Gill, 1927).
Salmon, P., "Monastic Asceticism and the origins of Citeaux" (Monastic Studies, No. 3, pp. 119-139).
Williams, W., St Bernard of Clairvaux (Manchester University Press, 1953).
2. The Cluniac-Cistercian Controversy a) Primary Sources Bernard's letter to Robert of Chatillion (Ep. 1; PL 67-79; trans. James, pp.
I-IO).
Peter the Venerable's letter to Bernard (Ep. I, 28; PL 112-115).
Bernard's Apologia.
Matthew of Albano's letter to the Benedictine Abbots of Rheims (U. Berliere, Documents inédits pour servir a V'histoire ecclésiastique de la Belgique, I [1894],
Pp. 93-110).
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Peter the Venerable's second letter to Bernard (Ep. IV, 17; PL 321-344).
The anonymous Dialogus inter Cluniacensem Monachum et Cisterciensem de Diversis Utrusque Ordinis Observantiis (ed. Marténe and Durand, Thesaurus
Novorum Anecdotorum, V, col.
1569-1654).
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Society, 1841]).
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Wilmart in the same article, pp. 296-309).
A monk of Bonnevaux, Vita Amadaei, ch. V (ed. A. Dimier in "Un témoin tardif peu connu du conflit entre cisterciens et clunisiens" in Petrus Venerabilis, 1756-1956, pp. 91-94).
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An unknown abbot's Tractulus (ed. J. Leclercq, "Nouvelle réponse de l'ancien monachisme aux critiques des cisterciens" in Recueil, II, pp. 75-85). b) Secondary Sources Bishop, E., ""Cluniacs and Cistercians" in The Downside Review, 52 (1934),
Pp. 223-230.
Bredero, A., '""The Controversy bet ween Peter the Venerable and St Bernard of Clairvaux" in Petrus Venerabilis, 1156-1956, pp. 53-71.
Cabrol, F., "Cluny et Citeaux" in S. Bernard et son temps, I, pp. 19-28.
Knowles, D., Cistercians and Cluniacs (Oxford University Press, 1955). ef "The Reforming Decrees of Peter the Venerable" in Petrus
Venerabilis, 1156-1956, pp. I-20.
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Selected Bibliography
Leclercq. J., '""Pierre le vénérable et les limites du programme cistercien" in Collectanea OCR, 17 (1956), pp. 84-87.
Talbot, C. H., '""The Date and Author of the Riposte" in Petrus Venerabilis, II56-1956, pp. 72-80.
Williams, W., ''Peter the Venerable: a Letter to St Bernard" in The Downside Review, 56 (1938), pp. 344-353.
ANALYTIC INDEX
The following abbreviations are used: apo=Apologia; ep=St Bernard's Letter to Abbot Guy and the Monks of Montiéramey; ov=The Office of St Victor; pre=On Precept and Dispensation; pro= Prologue to the Cistercian
Antiphonary. The numbers refer to the paragraphs in the texts.
Abbot, pre 29: irregular, pre 56; subject to the Rule, pre of.; witness of profession, pre 55; see dispensation.
Abstinence, apo 16: abuses apo 2o0ff.; example of the Fathers, apo 19; meat and wine good in themselves, apo 12; not as important as humility, apo 12.
Angel: spoke to St Victor, ov.
Anger, pre 56, 58.
Anthony (St), apo 19, 23.
Augustine (St), pre 2, 4, 10, $2.
Authority: abuse of, pre 22; divine and human, pre 19, 22; see abbot, dispensation, superiors.
Basil (St), apo 23; pre 4, 10.
Benedict (St), pre 3, 16, 29, 49, 55.
Benedictine Order: see Cluniacs.
Bernard (St); abbot of Clairvaux, pre, pref., pro; personal relations with the Cluniacs, apo 4, 7; protestations of humility, ep, pre, pref.; vocation, apo 7f.
Body, pre sof.
Chant, ep, pro.
Charity: above the Rule, pre 9; end of the Rule, pre 5; necessary for the simple eye, pre 36; one and many, apo 7; see love.
Christ, pre 29, 41, 61: example, pre 12, 20; Savior, apo sf., 19, ov, pre 24; Spouse of the Church, apo 6f.; sweet yoke of, pre 31; Truth, apo 16, pre 18,
25, 31, 35, 36, 40, 41, 56.
Church: liturgy for her edification, ep; spouse of Christ, apo 6f.; unity in variety, apo 6f., 8.
Analytic Index
Cistetcians, apo 6, 31: aims of the Fathers, pro; detractors, apo 10; keep the Rule more strictly, apo 14; poverty, pre 46; rebuked by Bernard, apo 10ff.; strict literal interpretation of the Rule, pre 48f.
Clothes: apostolic example, apo 24; monastic abuses, apo 16, 24f.; relative importance, apo 12.
Cluniacs, apo 6, 7, 14, 15, 31, pre 46, 48: Founders, apo 23; praise of, apo 4, 31.
Compassion, pre 20.
Conscience: false, pre 31, 34.
Contemplation, pre 59.
Contempt, pre 18, 32, 33.
Counsels, pre 42.
Custom, pre 47ff., 57.
Demons: possession, ov.
Detractors, apo tof.
Discretion: false discretion, laxity, apo 16; true discretion of the Fathers, apo 19.
Disobedience, pre 13: different degrees, pre 13, 26, 29, 33; grave disobedience requires rebellion or contumacy, pre 26, 30.
Dispensation: author of, pre 3, 4, 6, 8, 9; conditions for, pre 5, 9; object of, pre 4f£., 8; obligation of the recipient, pre 3; Rule can be changed by, apo 14; see necessity.
Eucharist, pre 58.
Faith, pre sof.
Fathers: Cistercian, pro; example of, apo 23; fervor of Anthony and his contemporaries, apo 19; organized monastic life, apo 4, 16.
Gelasius (Pope), pre 5.
General Chapter: reforms chant, pro.
Gregory (St), apo 15, pre 52f.
Heaven, pre 59: within, pre 61.
Holy Spirit, apo 17; pre 23, 31: predestined the monastic Order, apo 4; sin of resisting, pre 26; Spirit of liberty, pre 44.
Hope, pre sof.
Humility, apo 2, 3, 12f.: spiritual attire of the monk, apo 12.
Hypocrisy, apo 1ff.
Instability, pre 46.
Intention, pre 35ff.: effect of bad, pre 35; evil, pre 37, 39f.; simple, pre AGE,
39; for simple intention truth and charity necessary, pre 36.
John the Baptist (St), ov.
Leo I (Pope), pre 5.
Analytic Index Love, pre 60: always fruitful, apo 8; false love, apo 16; true love, apo 19; see charity, unity.
Manual labor: see work.
Mary, apo 5: chose the better part, apo 13; praised by the Lord, apo 12.
Merit, pre 42f.: proportion, pre 42f.
Monastic life: angelic life, apo 24, pre $4; conversion from worldly pleasures, apo 28; origin, apo 24, see Fathers; second baptism, pre 54; see Cistercians,
Cluniacs, monks.
Monks: supposed to be poor men and spiritual, apo 28; unstable monks, apo 31; see monastic life.
Necessity: three degrees, pre 4ff.; firm, pre 6; fixed, pre 7; stable, pre 4f.
Negligence, pre 18.
Obedience, pre 31: degrees of, pre 13, 16; freely promised, pre 23, 32; imperfect, pre 23; limits of, pre 11, 12, 21; perfect, pre 12; related to the Rule, pre 1, 10; to God before man, pre 19.
Observances, apo 14: relative value, apo 13f.
Obstinacy, pre 26ff.
Office: of St Victor, ov; qualities of composition and composer, ep.
Pachomius (St), pre 10.
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Penance: part of the Rule, pre 33.
Peter (St), pre 12: to be imitated, pre 19.
Poverty: abuses against: at the expense of the poor, apo 28; in clothes, apo 16,
24f.; in the cloisters, apo 29; in monastic churches, apo 28; by superiors, apo 27; example of the apostolic church, apo 24.
Prayer: spirit of prayer, spiritual attire of monk, apo 12.
Precepts: variant gravity, pre 13ff., 24, 32.
Pride, apo r1f.
Profession: free subjection to the Rule, pre 2, 23, 32; mutual contract, pre 10; not a promise not to fail, pre 32, 34; second baptism, pre $4.
Religious orders, apo 15: Bernard's love for all, apo 8; legitimate variety, apo $, 8f., pre 47ff., united in the Church, apo 6ff.; see Benedictine Order,
Cistercians.
Rules: St Benedict's, apo 22, 24, 26, 27, pre I, 3, 5, 10, 23, 29, 30, 343 contains precepts and remedies, pre 33; contains precepts of varying importance, apo 12; freely undertaken, pre 2, 9; purity of the Rule, pre 46; profession according to the Rule, pre 47; various observances of the Rule, pre 47ff.; other rules, pre 4; end of, pre 5; see abbot, charity.
Samuel, pre 19, 22, 26.
Scandal: of little ones, pre 20; of pharisees, pre 20.
Analytic Index
Silence, apo 16, pre 17f., 30.
Simplicity, pre 36; see intention.
Sin, pre 25: all offend, pre 24, 32, 33; mortal, pre 26, 33; of neglect, pre 18; proportionate to matter, pre 15, 25f., 32f.; venial, pre 26.
Singing, ep, pro.
Slackness, apo 19; causes of, apo 18.
Stability (local), pre 44ff., 55f.: everyone should remain in the vocation to which he is called, apo 7, 30f.; licit change, pre 49; subordinate to other vows, pre 44.
Superiors, pre 13: negligences of, apo 27; only as minister of God, pre 19, 21 f.,
323; power to dispense, pre 4f.
Truth: see Christ, intention.
Unity: consists of singleness of love, apo 8; in the Church, apo 6ff.; manifold unity of heaven, apo 8; with variety, apo Off.
Victor (St), ep, ov: miracles, ov.
Work: relative value of manual labor, apo 12f.
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