In Christian liturgical worship, ; ), also known in Anglican prayer as the Suffrages or Responses, describe a series of short petitions said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and the gathered worshippers respectively. Versicle-and-response is one of the oldest forms of prayer in Christianity, with its roots in Hebrew prayers during the time of the Temple in Jerusalem. In many prayer books the versicles and responses comprising the are denoted by special glyphs:
In Christian liturgical worship, ; ), also known in Anglican prayer as the Suffrages or Responses, describe a series of short petitions said or sung as versicles and responses by the officiant and the gathered worshippers respectively. Versicle-and-response is one of the oldest forms of prayer in Christianity, with its roots in Hebrew prayers during the time of the Temple in Jerusalem. In many prayer books the versicles and responses comprising the are denoted by special glyphs: Versicle: ℣, a letter V crossed by an oblique lineUnicode 2123, HTML entity ℣ Response: ℟, a letter R crossed by an oblique lineUnicode 211F, HTML entity ℟
==In Anglicanism== In Anglican liturgy (and Lutherans, in their Matins services) the or Responses refer to the opening and closing versicles and responses of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer in the Book of Common Prayer and other more modern service books. The two prayer services each begin with the following: Versicle: O Lord, open thou our lips: Response: And our mouth shall shew forth thy praise. Versicle: O God, make speed to save us: Response: O Lord, make haste to help us. Versicle: Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. Response: As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Versicle: Praise ye the Lord. Response: The Lord's name be praised.
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