What Are the Constitutive Parts of the Liturgy?

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Now that we all agree that the Mass/Liturgy/Qurbono/etc… cannot be reduced to only the Epiclesis and Institution Narrative, what are the constitutive parts of the Mass/Divine Liturgy/Qurobono/etc…? What are the parts with which we cannot dispense?
 
Now that we all agree that the Mass/Liturgy/Qurbono/etc… cannot be reduced to only the Epiclesis and Institution Narrative, what are the constitutive parts of the Mass/Divine Liturgy/Qurobono/etc…? What are the parts with which we cannot dispense?
Under Canon law, no one, even if he be a priest or bishop, has the power to add, change or delete anything from the prayers of the Mass. While there are certainly some extreme circumstances, such as with St. Maximilian Kolbe in the Nazi concentration camp, under which some of the vestments etc. could be dispensed, it doesn’t seem that anyone other than the pope has the authority to reduce the Mass to the bare minimum.

That being said, I would argue that the Mass of Paul VI (with EP II) would be about the bare minimum that even the pope would be able to authorize for a valid and licit Mass.
 
I tend to think of the Eucharistic Sacrifice as an integral whole from which nothing can be removed without spoiling it, though I will be the first to admit that simplification of propers happens almost universally in Byzantine Catholic and Orthodox Churches…
 
Well, depending on the source, the Divine Liturgy was either whittled down or has been expanded upon since the earliest days. We know the Mass was changed by the Council of Trent and by Pope Paul VI. Also Pope Leo XIII added the St. Michael prayer that he composed to the end of the Mass. Also, the Entrance used to be a procession into the Church itself.

Here is what the Catholic Encyclopedia has to say:

Caveat Lector:

newadvent.org/cathen/10006a.htm

newadvent.org/cathen/09306a.htm

The above sources mention that the constitutive parts are the Offertory, the Consecration, and Communion.
 
Also Pope Leo XIII added the St. Michael prayer that he composed to the end of the Mass

**No, he didn’t add prayers to the end of mass.

This was a devotion recited AFTER Low Mass. They were NOT said at Sung or High Masses. They weren’t even included in Altar Missals.

Furthermore, they were frequently said in the vernacular, which would not have been the case had they been part of Mass.

Question: Who knows what their original intention was?**
 
My mistake. You are correct this was after the Mass.

It was for a solution to the loss of the temporal power of the Pope (according to Wikipedia.) Caveat Lector.
 
Also Pope Leo XIII added the St. Michael prayer that he composed to the end of the Mass

Question: Who knows what their original intention was?
I could be wrong, but I think the Leonine prayers after Low Mass were against Modernism.
Volodymyr 988:
It was for a solution to the loss of the temporal power of the Pope (according to Wikipedia.) Caveat Lector.
Caveat lector, indeed. Temporal power was lost in 1860, fairly early in the very long reign of Pius IX.
 
I could be wrong, but I think the Leonine prayers after Low Mass were against Modernism.

Caveat lector, indeed. Temporal power was lost in 1860, fairly early in the very long reign of Pius IX.
It was Pius IX who prescribed the first prayers in 1859 for the Papal States, and Leo XIII later extended them to the universally to the Latin churches and expanded them. The intention was, as was said, for the resolution of the question of the Church’s temporal possessions, and, after this was achieved, Pius XI prescribed them for Russia. Moreover, 1860 is not a cut off date, since, for example, Rome was taken in 1870
 
after this was achieved, Pius XI prescribed them for Russia.

I believe it was Pius XII.
 
The Catholic Encyclopedia says that the constitutive parts are the Offertory, the Consecration, and Communion. But the Heavenly Liturgy has the Holy, Holy, Holy as referenced in the Books of Isaiah and Revelation. So, if they do it in Heaven, it has to be a fundamental part of the Liturgy, right?

By the way, I found the article in the Catholic Encyclopedia after I had already posted the original post.
 
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It was Pius IX who prescribed the first prayers in 1859 for the Papal States, and Leo XIII later extended them to the universally to the Latin churches and expanded them. The intention was, as was said, for the resolution of the question of the Church’s temporal possessions, and, after this was achieved, Pius XI prescribed them for Russia. Moreover, 1860 is not a cut off date, since, for example, Rome was taken in 1870.
True about the date 1860, which is taken as the date of the unfication of Italy. The Papal States “last stand” if you will, was 1870 yet Pius IX added the prayers after Low Mass in 1859. Hmm.

Nevertheless, it was Leo XIII who broadened the intent of the prayers to include the “conversion of sinners” and also added the prayer to S Michael.
No, I meant Pius XI - he did so through a consistorial Allocution in 1930 and subsequent legislation.
Considering that he had, through Cardinal Gaspari, concluded the Concordat in 1929, PP Pius XI had little choice but to either eliminate the Leonine prayers completely or else totally change their focus.
 
The Catholic Encyclopedia says that the constitutive parts are the Offertory, the Consecration, and Communion. But the Heavenly Liturgy has the Holy, Holy, Holy as referenced in the Books of Isaiah and Revelation. So, if they do it in Heaven, it has to be a fundamental part of the Liturgy, right?

By the way, I found the article in the Catholic Encyclopedia after I had already posted the original post.
In the Syriac Churches, the Anaphora is considered a unit, and of course it includes the Qadish (Holy Holy Holy).
 
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