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The Mass - A Study of the Roman Liturgy (Paperback)
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The Mass - A Study of the Roman Liturgy (Paperback)
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THIS series of Handbooks is designed to meet a need, which, the
Editors believe, has been widely felt, and which results in great
measure from the predominant importance attached to Dogmatic and
Moral Theology in the studies preliminary to the Priesthood. That
the first place must of necessity be given to these subjects will
not be disputed. But there remains a large outlying field of
professional knowledge which is always in danger of being crowded
out in the years before ordination, and the practical utility of
which may not be fully realised until some experience of the
ministry has been gained. It will be the aim of the present series
to offer the sort of help which is dictated by such experience, and
its developments will be largely guided by the suggestions, past
and future, of the Clergy themselves. To provide Textbooks for
Dogmatic Treatises is not contemplated-at any rate not at the
outset. On the other hand, the pastoral work of the missionary
priests will be kept constantly in view, and the series will also
deal with those historical and liturgical aspects of Catholic
belief and practice which are every day being brought more into
prominence. That the needs of English-speaking countries are, in
these respects, exceptional, must be manifest to all. In point of
treatment it seems desirable that the volumes should be popular
rather than scholastic, but the Editors hope that by the selection
of writers, fully competent in their special subjects, the
information given may always be accurate and abreast of modern
research. The kind approval of this scheme by His Grace the
Archbishop of Westminster, in whose Diocese these manuals are
edited, has suggested that the series should be introduced to the
public under the general title of THE WESTMINSTER LIBRARY. It is
hoped, however, that contributors may also be found among the
distinguished Clergy of Ireland and America, and that the
Westminster Library will be representative of Catholic scholarship
in all English speaking countries. THIS book is intended to supply
information about the history of the Roman liturgy. The dogmatic
side of the Mass is discussed by the Bishop of Newport in the same
series. The title shows that it is a study of the Roman rite. It is
only in the Roman (or Gallican) rite that the Eucharistic service
can correctly be called Mass. The chapter about other liturgies and
the frequent references to them throughout are meant only to put
our Roman Mass in its proper perspective and to illustrate its
elements by comparison. In spite of the risk of repetition, the
clearest plan seemed to be to discuss first the origin and
development of the Mass in general; and then to go through the
service as it stands now, adding notes to each prayer and ceremony.
The present time is perhaps hardly the most convenient for
attempting a history of the Mass. For never before have there been
so many or so various theories as to its origin, as to the
development of the Canon, the Epiklesis and so on. Where the best
authorities differ so widely it would be absurd to pretend to offer
a final solution. I have no pretence of supplying a new answer to
any of these questions, or even of taking a side finally among
theories already proposed. The only reasonable course seems to be
to state the chief systems now defended and to leave the reader to
make up his own mind. I have however shewn some preference for the
main ideas of Dr. Drews and Dr. Baumstark and for certain points
advanced by Dr. Buchwald.
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