Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins And Development (Missarum Sollemnia)

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This work helped advance the "corruption theory" of liturgical development, a form of antiquarianism/historicism that Pius XII's [*Mediator Dei*](http://w2.vatican.va/content/pius-xii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xii_enc_20111947_mediator-dei.html) §64 condemned (cf. Fr. Cekada's [*Work of Human Hands*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=8929)).The PDF is a nicely-retypeset and PDF-bookmarked ed.* * *courtesy [Corpus Christi Watershed](http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2014/jan/25/josef-jungmann-study-roman-rite-mass-pdf/)> The priest who translated both volumes into English was Fr. Francis Brunner, C.Ss.R. Years ago, he was a “major player” in the Sacred music movement. He wasn’t a huge fan of the Solesmes rhythmic signs, probably due to his German associations. When I posted Brunner’s [gentle condemnation](http://www.ccwatershed.org/blog/2013/mar/2/day-0-beautiful-mother-blacklisted/) of the hymn “On This Day, Oh Beautiful Mother” it caused quite a uproar …* * **Dominus* vs. *domnus*from [The Liturgical Request: “Iube, Domne, Benedicere”](https://www.ccwatershed.org/2021/02/21/the-liturgical-request-iube-domne-benedicere/) by Fr. David Friel: * Joseph A. Jungmann, *The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development (Missarum Sollemnia)* , trans. Francis Brunner, vol. 1 (New York: Benziger Brothers, 1951), 454 & 455n94 [ **PDF/DjVu p. 367** ]:> The *domnus* here used is also customary in other cases to distinguish earthly masters from the heavenly *Dominus*.Also, p. 309n75 [ **PDF/DjVu p. 321** ] answers my other question re: prime's "℣. Benedícite. ℟. Deus.":> …the formula for asking a blessing: *Benedicite!* and receive the answer: *Deus* [sc. *benedicat* ] *.* ["May God bless."]* * *First published in English in 1951 and one of the greatest achievements of twentieth-century theology, Joseph Jungmann's towering work is a comprehensive study of the origins, evolution, and theology of the Mass from its earliest forms to the dawn of Vatican II. It is now revised with a chapter unavailable in the previous English-language edition.The fruit of over a decade of painstaking research, The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development (Paperback) is a magisterial treatment of every part of the Mass: its form, its history, and its theology. Originally written in German, the work was revised several times by Jungmann, and this new edition includes an important revised chapter on the comingling of the eucharistic species unavailable in the previous two-volume set. The Mass of the Roman Rite was hugely influential on the reformers of the Second Vatican Council and is essential reading for anyone wishing to deeply understand Roman Catholic worship. As the Church continues to reflect on the Mass and reform its rites and rituals, Jungmann's work is sure to find a new audience of dedicated