Terce
Sign in to savethumb|Nederlandish book of the hours, opened at the hour of Terce Terce is a canonical hour of the Divine Office. It consists mainly of psalms and is held around 9 a.m. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the third hour of the day after dawn. Along with Prime, Sext, None, and Compline, Terce belongs to the so-called "Little Hours".
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9 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Development
- Symbolism
- Oriental Christian usages
- Syriac Orthodox Church, Indian Orthodox Church and Mar Thoma Syrian Church
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Armenian Liturgy
- See also
- Notes
thumb|Nederlandish book of the hours, opened at the hour of Terce Terce is a canonical hour of the Divine Office. It consists mainly of psalms and is held around 9 a.m. Its name comes from Latin and refers to the third hour of the day after dawn. Along with Prime, Sext, None, and Compline, Terce belongs to the so-called "Little Hours".
== Origin == From the time of the early Church, the practice of seven fixed prayer times have been taught; in Apostolic Tradition, Hippolytus instructed Christians to pray seven times a day "on rising, at the lighting of the evening lamp, at bedtime, at midnight" and "the third, sixth and ninth hours of the day, being hours associated with Christ's Passion." This practice of seven fixed prayer times continues today in many Christian denominations.