Book Description

This classic liturgical resource is organized as follows: Part I. The History of the Mass Chapter I. The Eucharist in the First Three Centuries § 1. Liturgical Fragments in the New Testament § 2. The Liturgy in the Apostolic Fathers § 3. The Liturgy in the Second Century § 4. The Fathers of the Third Century § 5. Liturgical Uniformity in the first three Centuries § 6. The Liturgy in the Early Church Orders § 7. The Liturgy in Apostolic Constitutions VIII § 8. Some Special Points § 9. Influence of Jewish Ritual Chapter II. The Parent Rites and Their Descendants § 1. The Development of the Parent Rites § 2. The Antiochene Rite § 3. Liturgies derived from Antioch § 4. The Alexandrine Rite § 5. The Gallican Rite § 6. Table of Liturgies Chapter III. The Origin of the Roman Rite § 1. State of the Question § 2. Earliest liturgical books § 3. Latin as the liturgical language § 4. First traces of the Roman Mass § 5. Conjectured reconstructions of the old Mass § 6. Bunsen’s theory § 7. Probst and Bickell § 8. Dom Cagin § 9. W. C. Bishop § 10. Dr. Baumstark § 11. Dr. Buchwald § 12. Dr. Drews § 13. Dom Cabrol § 14. Concluding remarks Chapter IV. The Mass Since Gregory I § 1. From Gregory to Adrian I (590-795) § 2. The Spread of the Roman rite § 3. Gallican Influence § 4. Different Kinds of Mass. Low Mass § 5. Mediaeval and Later Commentators § 6. Mediaeval derived rites § 7. The Reform of Pius V (1570) § 8. Later revisions and modern times Part II. The Order of the Mass Chapter V. The Mass of the Catechumens to the Lessons § 1. Arrangements of the Parts of the Mass § 2. The Introit § 3. The Celebrant’s Preparation § 4. First Incensing of the altar § 5. Kyrie eleison § 6. Gloria in Excelsis § 7. Collects Chapter VI. The Lessons § 1. The Lessons § 2. Epistle § 3. Gradual, Alleluia, Tract and Sequence § 4. Gospel § 5. Homily and Creed Chapter VII. The Mass of the Faithful to the Eucharistic Prayer § 1. The Prayers of the Faithful § 2. The Offertory Act § 3. Azyme bread § 4. The Offertory Chant § 5. Offertory Prayers § 6. The Incensing and Washing of Hands § 7. Secrets Chapter VIII. The Canon § 1. The Preface. § 2. Sanctus § 3. Name, Extent and general Character of the Canon § 4. Te igitur to the Words of Institution § 5. The Elevation § 6. To the end of the Canon Chapter IX. The Communion § 1. The Lord’s Prayer § 2. Fraction, Commixture, Fermentum § 3. Kiss of Peace § 4. The Communion Act § 5. Communion under one kind § 6. Communion Prayers § 7. Agnus Dei and Communion Antiphon Chapter X. After the Communion § 1. Postcommunion and Oratio super populum § 2. Dismissal § 3. After the Dismissal