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Tenebrae

Tenebrae (/ˈtɛnəbreɪ, -bri/—Latin for 'darkness') is a religious service of Western Christianity held during the three days preceding Easter Day, and characterized by a gradual extinguishing of candles, and the strepitus or "loud noise" in the total darkness at the end of the service.

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Tenebrae

Nodes124
Edges123
Triples145
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016129
Components1

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Tenebrae

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related to Roman Rite since 1970 · 31
Tenebrae → After, Before, Bishops, Breviary, Catholic Holy Week, Church, Congregation, Divine Office, Divine Worship, Gloria Patri, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Holy Sepulchre, Hours, In, It, Jerusalem, Lauds, Lent, Liturgy
related to Anglican practice · 21
Tenebrae → All, Book, But, Church Publishing, Episcopal Church, Good Friday, Holy Wednesday, Holy Week, In, It, Maundy Thursday, Most Anglican, Occasional Services, Rubrics, Shadows, Spy Wednesday, That, The Book, The Office, This
related to Original form · 18
Tenebrae → Catholic Church, Catholic Church Tenebrae, Chrism Mass, Divine Office, Easter, Easter Vigil, Good Friday, He, Holy Saturday, Holy Thursday, Holy Week, In, Matins, Middle Ages, Pope Pius XII, Roman Rite, The, Thus
related to Lutheran practice · 15
Tenebrae → Bible, Certain Tenebrae, Christ, During, Good Friday, Holy Wednesday, In Lutheran, Lutheran, Långfredagens, Paschal Triduum, Spy Wednesday, Strepitus, Swedish, The Three Days, Toward
related to Other Western Christian Churches · 15
Tenebrae → Anglican, Baptist, Christ, Congregationalist, Continental Reformed, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, Reformed, Roman Tenebrae, Some, Some Protestant, Tenebrae Services, The Tenebrae, Variations
related to Methodist practice · 14
Tenebrae → Certain, Christ, Free Methodist Church, Global Methodist Church, In, Methodist, Opening Prayer, Prior, Tenebare, The, They, United Methodist Book, United Methodist Church, Worship
related to External links · 9
Tenebrae → Catholic, Catholic Encyclopedia, Hearse, ServiceUnited Methodist Church TenebraeSample, Tenebrae Order, TenebraeAn Episcopal Tenebrae, TenebraeTenebrae, The Jesuit Institute Archived, Wayback Machine
related to Western Orthodox practice · 7
Tenebrae → Among, Byzantine Rite Orthodox, Great Friday, However, Matins, Some Western Rite Orthodox, Twelve Passion Gospels
related to Reformed practice · 6
Tenebrae → Christ, Congregationalist, Good Friday, Last Supper, Maundy Thursday, Passion

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lauds matins service candles holy church friday evening good roman services churches breviary psalms week office three days held form

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the extinguishing of candlesinstance ofincluding the typical ceremonies0.80text
with each of these three services anticipated on the previous eveninginstance ofincluding the typical ceremonies0.80text
were widely celebrated as an integral part of the liturgy of Holy Week in churches with a sufficient number of clergy wherever the Roman Rite was followedinstance ofincluding the typical ceremonies0.80text
does not hide the lightinstance ofif the altar is0.80text
the candleinstance ofif the altar is0.80text
still litinstance ofif the altar is0.80text
is put inside a candle lanterninstance ofif the altar is0.80text
Prosper Guéranger's Passiontideinstance ofPius X eliminated such repetitions and provided a quite different choice of psalms for lauds.The situation before the 1911 reform is illustrated in 19th-century publications0.80text
Holy Weekinstance ofPius X eliminated such repetitions and provided a quite different choice of psalms for lauds.The situation before the 1911 reform is illustrated in 19th-century publications0.80text
Tenebraerelated to Anglican practiceMost Anglican0.60section
Tenebraerelated to Anglican practiceSpy Wednesday0.60section
Tenebraerelated to Anglican practiceMaundy Thursday0.60section

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