DEUS IN ADIUTORIUM. - Second verse of Ps. 69, much valued by the ancient Christians. John Cassian (Collationes, 10, 10: PL 49, 842) recommends it as an ejaculatory prayer against temptations, in all the sad and joyful conditions of life, especially before beginning a work or prayer. Cassiodorus (In Ps., 69) says that the monks repeated it three times: «quidquid monachi assumpse-rint, sine huius versiculi trina iteratione non in-choent»; according to the Regula of St. Benedict (chap. 18) it is said at the beginning of every canonical hour to ask God for the grace of a good and efficacious prayer. That St. Gregory the Great prescribed it in the Roman Office, where it is still said at the beginning of each canonical hour, is not certain. It is also said before the Baptism of adults, the consecration of a church, of an altar.
BIBL.:sources
C. Callewaert, De Breviarii Romani liturgia, 2nd ed. Bruges 1939, p. 148 ff.; Ph. Oppenheim, Notiones liturgiae fundamentales, Turin-Rome 1941, p. 343; F. Cabral, s. v. in DACL, IV, coll. 698-99. Filippo Oppenheim
Oppenheim, Filippo. “Deus In Adiutorium.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 1499–1500. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/deus-in-adiutorium.
MLA
Oppenheim, Filippo. “Deus In Adiutorium.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1499–1500. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/deus-in-adiutorium.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec4_deus_in_adiutorium,
author = {Oppenheim, Filippo},
title = {Deus In Adiutorium},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IV},
pages = {1499--1500},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/deus-in-adiutorium}
}
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