Office hymns

This is the name given to hymns used in the recitation of the Divine Office, or the modern Liturgy of the Hours observed by cloistered communities. Prior to the Second Vatican Council, Office hymns were typically collected either in a separate volume — a combined hymnary and psalter, which would contain all of the hymns and psalms used in the Office — or in the breviary itself, in a special section either at the rear of the volume or in a dividing section between the Temporale and Sanctorale. Today these hymns are collected in the Liturgia horarum*. Hymns of the Divine Office Hymns have been a part of Christian worship since its beginnings, but were not put to liturgical use until the 6th...