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Eucharist in the Catholic Church refers to both the celebration of the Mass, that is the Eucharistic Liturgy, and the consecrated bread and wine which according to the faith become the body and blood of Christ. ''Blessed Sacrament'' is a devotional term used in the Roman Catholic Church to refer to the Eucharistic species . More »
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Mass (liturgy)
Mass is the celebration of the Eucharist in the Western liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church, of Old Catholic Churches, of the Anglo-Catholic tradition of Anglicanism, and of some largely High Church Lutheran regions. In Scandinavian and Baltic countries, the Lutheran Eucharistic service is also known as "the Mass". The term is derived from the late-Latin word ''missa'' , a word used in the concluding formula of Mass in Latin: ''"Ite, missa est"'' . More »
Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the Roman Rite Mass liturgy of the Catholic Church as contained in the successive editions of the Roman Missal that were promulgated from 1570 to 1962. The adjective "Tridentine" basically means "of or related to Trent, Italy", but in a more specific sense it refers to the Council of Trent, held in that city between 1545 and 1563. In the present context it is used more specifically still to refer to the 1570 edition of the Roman Missal that Pope Pius V promulgated to... More »
Agnus Dei
Agnus Dei is a Latin term meaning ''Lamb of God'', and was originally used to refer to Jesus Christ in his role of the perfect sacrificial offering that atones for the sins of humanity in Christian theology, harkening back to ancient Jewish Temple sacrifices. See Lamb of God for an explanation of this. ''Agnus Dei'' is used to refer to several things related to it. More »
Ordinary of the Mass
The Ordinary of the Mass is the set of texts of the Roman Catholic Church Latin Rite Mass that are generally invariable. This contrasts with the proper, which are items of the Mass that change with the feast or following the Liturgical Year. The Ordinary is printed in the Roman Missal as a distinct section placed in the middle of the book, between the Mass of the Easter Vigil and that of Easter Sunday in pre-1970 editions, and between the Proper of the Seasons and the Proper of the Saints... More »
Roman Missal
The Roman Missal is the liturgical book that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Roman Catholic Church. More »
Consecration
Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service, usually religious. The word "consecration" literally means "setting apart." Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different groups. More »
Transubstantiation
Transubstantiation is the ''change of the substance'' of bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ occurring in the Eucharist according to the teaching of some Christian Churches, including the Roman Catholic Church. In Greek, it is called . More »
Solemn Mass
Solemn Mass or Solemn High Mass or simply High Mass, when used as technical terms, not merely as descriptions, refer to the full ceremonial form of the Tridentine Mass, to which rules applied rigidly distinct from those that governed Low Mass. It was celebrated by a priest with a deacon and a subdeacon. The roles of the latter two are often supplied by two priests. The same terms are sometimes applied to a distinct form of the Anglican Holy Communion or Holy Eucharist. More »
Eucharistic adoration
Eucharistic adoration is a practice in the Roman Catholic and in Anglican Churches, in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to and adored by the faithful. When this exposure and adoration is constant , it is called perpetual adoration. In a parish, this is usually done by volunteer parishioners; in a monastery or convent, it is done by the resident monks or nuns. More »
Pre-Tridentine Mass
The term ''Pre-Tridentine Mass'' here refers to the variants of the liturgical rite of Mass in Rome before 1570, when, with his bull Quo primum Pope Pius V made the Roman Missal, as revised by him, obligatory thoughout the Latin-Rite or Western Church, except for those places and congregations whose distinct rites could demonstrate a pedigree of 200 years or more. The Pope made this revision of the Roman Missal at the request of the Council of Trent at its The changes he made, such as... More »
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