Breviary Concerns

[Spyridon]

Scotland

Leave it to Scotland to have to be different.

 

[twf]

The UK is divided into three Bishops’ Conferences: England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland (the dioceses of Northern Ireland belong to the Irish conference).

 

[UpUpAndAway]

I have the Collins three-volume Divine Office, ©1974, 2015 edition. From the copyright page:

Approved by the Episcopal Conferences of Australia, England and Wales, Ireland, Scotland for use in the dioceses of these countries.

Also approved for use in Gambia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia and Singapore, New Zealand, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, West Indies, Zimbabwe.

Mystery solved.

 

[TheOldColonel]

Do a comparison to the actual breviary. Indeed, why not use the actual breviary?

 

[OraLabora]

The only thing I know is that if you want to pray the Church’s liturgy rather than private prayer, you need to use the approved version for your country.

One thing I should point out: if you are travelling outside your breviary’s “zone” as it were (e.g. a Canadian going to the UK), you can still use your breviary! Similarly, if you are in a country that uses a different breviary, and you pray an Office in community over there (say you are visiting a monastery or convent in the UK and they loan you a breviary to participate in their Offices), that is licit as well. In fact for those bound to the Office (priests, etc.), the General Instructions do point out that the obligation is fulfilled when participating in the Offices of a religious house like a monastery that uses a completely different schema or a different version of the breviary.

I figure you know that but some of the OCD types on CAF might have fits if they travel without this info!