Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 150
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 216, footnote 2 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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Chapter VI. How no change was made by the Elders in the ancient system of Psalms when the Mattin office was instituted. (HTML)
But this too we ought to know, viz., that no change was made in the ancient arrangement of Psalms by our Elders who decided that this Mattin service should be added;[Psalms 148-150] but that office was always celebrated in their nocturnal assemblies according to the same order as it had been before. For the hymns which in this country they used at the Mattin service at the close of the nocturnal vigils, which they are accustomed to finish after the cock-crowing and before dawn, these they still sing in like manner; viz., Ps. 148, beginning “O praise the Lord from heaven,” and the ...