Papal Teachings: The Liturgy

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One Hundred Sixty Nine Pronouncements from Benedict XIV to John XXIII Foreword 8 Introduction: How documents are presented; How To Use This Volume; The Numbering of the Text 9 PAPAL DOCUMENTS BENEDICT XIV 17 Love of Divine Worship 19 Dignity of the Holy Sacrifice 19 Sanctification of Holy Days 20 Liturgical Right 20 Communion of the Faithful 21 Liturgical Prayers 24 Priesthood and the Laity 24 Mass Pro Populo 25 Cult of Sacred Images 29 Sunday Rest 44 The Altar Cross 45 A Liturgical Reform 46 The Golden Rose 79 The '“Agnus Dei” 81 The Cult of Doctors 83 CLEMENT XIII 85 Sacrifice of Propitiation 87 PIUS VI 89 Respect for Divine Worship 91 The Easter Mystery 92 Importance of Choral Functions 96 Participation in the Sacrifice 98 PIUS VII 101 Restoration of Worship in Prance 103 Interior Worship 104 LEO XII 107 Sunday’s Sanctification 109 GREGORY XVI Ill Liturgical Invocations 113 Errors Regarding the Sacraments 113 Frequentation of the Sacraments 115 The Synod of Bade 117 A New Ritual 119 Saint Paul’s Basilica 120 Simony 121 Return to the Roman Liturgy 121 Holy Pictures and Dogmas 123 PIUS IX 125 Reverence in Prayer 127 Abundant Fruits of the Holy Sacrifice 128 Unity of the Church and Variety of Rites 130 The Liturgy of Lyons 131 Dogma and Liturgical Discipline 133 LEO XIII 135 The Principles of Christian Art 137 Christian Art, Reflection of Divine Wisdom 138 Variety of Rites and Catholicity 139 Anglican Ordinations 140 Views on Anglican Ordinations 145 Effects of the Sacrament of Confirmation 146 Veneration of Saints 147 Development of Eucharistic Worship 147 The Bond of Peace 148 Commemoration of the Faithful Departed 150 The Sacrifice of the New Law 150 Baptism of Infants 152 Charity—Fruit of the Eucharist 153 Gregorian Melodies 153 The Memorial of the Passion 154 ST. PIUS X 175 Restoration of Sacred Music 177 Necessity of Musical Reform 188 Frequent Communion 193 The Errors of Modernists 199 Foundations of Masses 201 The Priest, Minister of the Altar 202 Example of Saint Charles Borromeo 205 Age for First Communion 207 Holydays of Obligation 217 Cultural Value of the Psalter 217 Communion of Orientals 221 The Constitution “Otientalium” 224 Towards a Liturgical Reform 226 BENEDICT XV 229 Mass for the Deceased 231 Divine Worship 233 PIUS XI 235 Center of Divine Worship 237 The Teaching Role of the Liturgy 238 Sacrifice and Oblation 243 Rules for Sacred Music 244 The Church in Prayer 254 Requirements of Sacred Art 257 The Slavic-Byzantine Rite 259 The Sublime Mystery of Faith 260 Priestly Prayer 261 The Eucharist and the Missions 261 Native Sacred Art 263 Effects of Eucharistic Congresses 264 The Eucharist, Soul of the Church 264 PIUS XII 265 The Gift of Love 267 Missionary Liturgy 267 The Eucharistic Bread 268 Singers of the Morning 270 Difference of Rites 271 Value of the Mass 272 The Church, Educator Through the Sacraments 272 Priesthood and Marriage 277 The Beauty of God’s House 279 The Sign of Unity 284 Propitiatory Value of the Holy Sacrifice 286 The Organism of the Mystical Body 290 Episcopal Consecration 296 The Source of Supernatural Life 298 The Psalms 301 Modifications in the Liturgy 304 Sacrifice of Praise 306 The Dignity of Sacred Art 306 The Sacrament of Holy Orders 308 The Lord’s Day 312 The Integral Worship of the Mystical Body of Jesus Christ 313 Attractive Ceremonies 407 The Christian Artist 408 Living Victims 409 The Chalice of the New Covenant 411 Mass, Center of Life 412 Eucharistic Discipline 414 Easter Vigil 417 The Sacrament Most Holy 417 Power of the Eucharist 418 The Function of Art 419 Heavenly Medicine 422 Eucharistic Fast 422 Baptismal Instruction 427 The Eucharistic Christ 429 Sanctification of Sunday 430 Pentecost 431 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 433 The True Faithful 436 The Voice of the Spirit 437 God’s House 438 The Parish 440 The Sign of Unity 442 Fruitfulness of the Eucharist 445 Matter of the Blessed Eucharist 448 Liturgical Vestments 449 Liturgical Gold Work 450 Fiftieth Anniversary of the Motu Proprio on Sacred Chant 451 The Eucharist and the Interior Life 454 The Priesthood 457 Message of Fra Angelico 462 The Eucharist As Sacrifice and the Eucharist As Communion 466 Holy Week 468 On Sacred Music 471 Unity in the Eucharist 494 The Sacred Heart and the Eucharist 494 Priests—Eucharistic Men 497 The Mass, Sacred Meal 499 Sacred Liturgy and Pastoral Action 499 The Priesthood and the Eucharist 518 The Eucharistic Fast 519 The Sacraments, Divine Channels of Grace 520 The Diaconate 522 The Eucharist, Center of Christian Life 523 Sacred Art 524 The Source of the Spiritual Life 524 JOHN XXIII 527 Christian Perfection 529 The Font of Charity 531 The Eucharist, Focus of the Christian Day 533 The Holy Days 533 Corpus Christi 541 The Gospel in Turkish 542 Unity of Catholic Religious Practice 542 The Belgian Liturgical Movement 544 Priestly Sanctity Through Eucharistic Prayer 545 Our Daily Bread 551 Modern Life and the Liturgy 554 The Testimony of the Liturgy 554 The Eucharist, Appeal to Dissenters 556 The Latin-French Reader 556 Christ’s Testament of Love 557 Knowledge and the Liturgy 558 Order and Beauty in Churches 559 The Fountain of Living Water 560 Devotion 4:o the Precious Blood 561 Reform of the Rubrics of the Breviary and Roman Missal 565 Truth, Peace and Hope 568 APPENDIX 578 Instruction of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on Sacred Music and the Sacred Liturgy 575 INDEXES Abbreviations 620 Alphabetical Index 622 Analytical Index Plan of the Analytical Index 627 Analytical Index 628 Index of Quotations 659 Index of Documents and Sources Written Documents — Alphabetical Index 665 Oral Documents — Chronological Index 669