| 词汇 | angelus |
| 词源 | Angelus; Angelic Hymn; Angelic Doctor. The Angelus is a Roman Catholic devotion, so named for its initial word. The prayer, which is said three times a day (at 6 a.m., noon, and 6 p.m.) commences at the sound of a bell called the Angelus and begins “Angelus Domini . . . (The Angel of the Lord . . . ).” The Angelic Hymn isn’t a synonym for the Angelus. It is the hymn begin- ning “Glory be to God in the highest” that was sung by the an- gels to the shepherds of Bethlehem after they brought tidings of the birth of Christ the Lord that day. St. Thomas Aquinas (ca. 1225–74) is traditionally called the Angelic Doctor because of the purity of his thought, regarded as the result of more than human intelligence. His schoolmates had called him the “Dumb Ox,” and his teacher Albertus Magnus had predicted, “This dumb ox will one day fill the world with his lowing.” Followers of the scholastic philosopher are called Thomists. |
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