Talk:Octave (liturgy)

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Edits: Two Senses of Octave[edit]

An Octave, in both the Roman Catholic and other Latin Rite churches and in the Eastern Orthodox churches, refers to an eight day extension of a feast. The eighth day of an octave is referred to as the "Octave Day". I will edit the article and add the relevant citation to the article that supports the definition of Octave. [1] Dgf32 (talk) 21:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If an editor has different information on how octaves are celebrated in Eastern Christianity, please be sure to include citations in any revisions. If your proposed edit conflicts with other information from citations, I ask you to please post your concerns here on the talk page instead of simply changing the text of the article. That way we can edit the article so that it reflects all Christian traditions accurately. Dgf32 (talk) 21:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I cleaned up the article by removing information that was factually incorrect. None of the factually incorrect material cited any sources and was therefore unverifiable. I did leave as much of the text as I could, especially those parts that explain current use of the Easter and Christmas octaves in the Western churches. Those were certainly valuble contributions. If anyone has confusion between the "Octave" and the "Octave Day", please post something here, and I can refer you to some liturgical books that have more information on the subject. Dgf32 (talk) 22:09, 19 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oops. I didn't realize that in the Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite, an Octave Day, such as the Octave Day of Easter, is sometimes referred to as simply the "Octave of Easter." Such is not the case for those using the Traditional Catholic Calendar. Apparently, usage in that sense is wide spread. I'm working on rewriting the article and on finding and citing sources. I'll have the text corrected by tomorrow. Sorry about that. Dgf32 (talk) 04:21, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I self reverted the page to before I made any edits. Sorry about that. Dgf32 (talk) 04:27, 20 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dgf32, thanks for the apology. EastmeetsWest (talk) 03:55, 14 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Minor and major octaves[edit]

I've seen certain texts that make a disinction between minor and major liturgical octaves. There should probably be a note on this. ADM (talk) 12:51, 25 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]