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The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described Adrian Fortescue

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described By Adrian Fortescue

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described by Adrian Fortescue


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A ceremonial manual for the celebration of the traditional liturgy according to the liturgical books in use in 1962. It covers ceremonies such as pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers, Holy Week and the liturgical years, the sacraments, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more.

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described Summary

The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described by Adrian Fortescue

Now in its fifteenth edition, this volume is an important, revised and updated ceremonial manual, published to guide and assist in celebrating the traditional liturgy today.Today as the traditional liturgy of the Roman rite enjoys its resurgence amongst Catholics, young and old, the need for an up-to-date ceremonial manual for the celebration of the traditional liturgy according to the liturgical books in use in 1962 is greater than ever in the past forty years.This volume in its fifteenth revised, corrected and expanded edition is published to guide and to assist this celebrating the tradition liturgy today. The ceremonies covered in this manual include pontifical, solemn and low Mass, Vespers, Holy Week and the liturgical years, the sacraments, Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament, funerals, episcopal visitation and more. This revised edition contains the text of the recent motu proprio by Pope Benedict XVI, a new chapter on music in the liturgy among other things.

About Adrian Fortescue

Adrian Fortescue (1874-1923) was a Roman Catholic priest and Englishman who was an influential liturgist, artist, calligrapher, composer, polyglot, amateur photographer, Byzantine scholar, and adventurer. He has been described by Michael Davies as, 'the greatest authority on the liturgy of the Roman Rite the English speaking world has ever known'. Canon J.B.O'Connell (d. 1977). Ceremonial and rubrics were his life's work and on the death of Adrian Fortescue in 1923, he was asked to prepare the third edition of this book. Over the next forty years he prepared a further nine editions. Canon O'Connell was a secular priest of the Menevia Diocese. Dr Alcuin Reid is a former Benedictine monk. He is a leading liturgy scholar and the author of The Organic Development of the Liturgy.

Table of Contents

1. General Principles Concerning Ceremonies; 2. The Holy Sacrifice; 3. Pontifical Solemn Mass; 4. Evening Services; 5. The Liturgical year; 6. Occasional Functions; 7. Funerals; 8. Ceremonies of the Ritual in the USA.

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GOR009012809
9780860124627
0860124622
The Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described by Adrian Fortescue
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2009-01-29
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