word Mass. For the celebration of the Eucharist in Eastern Christianity, including Eastern Catholic Churches, other terms such as Divine Liturgy, Holy...

was the most widely used Eucharistic liturgy in the world from its issuance in 1570 until its replacement by the Mass of Paul VI promulgated in 1969 (with...

Divine Liturgy (Ancient Greek: Θεία Λειτουργία, romanized: Theia Leitourgia) or Holy Liturgy is the usual name used in most Eastern Christian rites for...

two-volume Mass of the Roman Rite or Missarum Solemnia. Paul F. Bradshaw and Maxwell E. Johnson trace the history of eucharistic liturgies from first-century...

The ordinary, in Catholic and Lutheran liturgy, refers to the part of the Mass or of the canonical hours that is reasonably constant without regard to...

In Christian liturgy, a vigil is, in origin, a religious service held during the night leading to a Sunday or other feastday. The Latin term vigilia,...

as well as some Methodist churches. The Mass and its settings draw their name from the introit of the liturgy, which begins with the words Requiem aeternam...

Catholic liturgies of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The Catholic Church understands liturgy not only to mean the celebration of the Holy Mass, but also...

The Mass of Paul VI, also known as the Ordinary Form or Novus Ordo, is the most commonly used liturgy in the Catholic Church. It was promulgated by Pope...

of the Mass to be in the vernacular, such as by Erasmus.: 67  There may have sometimes been more flexibility in other liturgies than the Mass: in the...

regards the Mass as its most important ritual, going back to apostolic times. In general, its various liturgies followed the outline of Liturgy of the Word...

Pre-Tridentine Mass – Forms of the Mass before 1570 "Liturgy of the Mass". Catholic Encyclopedia – via New Advent. Crichton, J.D. (1986). "Mass, High". In...

respectively). On such occasions the liturgy contains prayers or collects ad pacem. In the Ambrosian Liturgy, at the end of the Mass, the congregation is dismissed...

Christian liturgy is a pattern for worship used (whether recommended or prescribed) by a Christian congregation or denomination on a regular basis. The...

Eucharistic Prayer, or Great Thanksgiving, is a portion of the Christian liturgy of the Eucharist in which, through a prayer of thanksgiving, the elements...

Liturgy is the customary public ritual of worship performed by a religious group. As a religious phenomenon, liturgy represents a communal response to...

In many Western Christian traditions, Midnight Mass is the first liturgy of Christmastide that is celebrated on the night of Christmas Eve, traditionally...

The proper (Latin: proprium) is a part of the Christian liturgy that varies according to the date, either representing an observance within the liturgical...

instructions for the sign of peace differ depending on the liturgy being performed. In the Tridentine Mass, the sign of peace is given at Solemn Masses alone...

Bay (abbreviated Mass Bay), a bay off the U.S. state of the same name Mass (liturgy), an act of worship in some Christian churches Mass in the Catholic...

to describe these liturgies as they existed from the papacy of John Paul II to present. The Anglican Use was originally "the liturgy of The Book of Divine...

Anglican Communion, the Easter Vigil is the most important liturgy of public worship and Mass of the liturgical year, marked by the first use since the...

Sacred Liturgy confirmed that altar servers featured among those who "exercise a genuine liturgical function" within services such as the Mass. According...

a genre of medieval Latin poetry which parodied the Roman Catholic Latin Mass in order to make fun of drinking and gambling monks and clerics. These masses...

dictionary. Messa (Italian for mass (liturgy)) may refer to: Al Messa, a daily newspaper Messa (Puccini), an 1880 mass Messa (Greece), a town in ancient...

The Mass (Latin: missa) is a form of sacred musical composition that sets the invariable portions of the Christian Eucharistic liturgy (principally that...

German word meaning trade fair; a German and a French word meaning mass (liturgy) and mass (music). Messe Erfurt, convention centre in Erfurt, Germany Messe...

up missa in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Missa may refer to: Mass (liturgy) Mass (music), a choral composition that sets liturgical text to music...

later expanded to the Mass in B minor. He also set the Sanctus part of the mass liturgy a few times, and copied and arranged mass-related compositions...

psalms of the Night office, called ganonaklookh (Canon head). Like the Mass (liturgy) itself, the Daily Office within the Lutheran Church has had considerable...