When was Easter Vigil mass suppressed?

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In reading the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis, I came across this:
Our predecessor of venerable memory, Pius XII, had decided (3) to revive, within the Church of the West, in the course of the Paschal Night, the solemn Vigil, in which, while celebrating the sacraments of Christian Initiation, the People of God renew their covenant with Christ the Risen Lord.
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Pope Paul’s footnote (3) was Dominicae Resurrectionis, a decree from the Sacred Congregation of Rites. I haven’t been able to find the text of the decree in a brief web search. There is also some information on Easter Vigil practices at the old Catholic Encyclopedia article on Easter, although it’s a little long-winded for me at this late hour.

It appears that the Easter Vigil mass as we know it is a recent restoration, or even to some extent an innovation. How long in coming was the revival Paul IV wrote of? In other words when was the Easter Vigil mass suppressed, and why?
 
The Easter “Vigil” used to be celebrated on the morning of Holy Saturday. Thus you had this odd situation where you were celebrating the Resurrection when the Lord was “still in the tomb.” The Easter Vigil was revised in 1951, or more properly restored. Pius XII directed that it once again be celebrated as a night time Vigil. Among other changes was the restoration of the Easter Candle. The restored Vigil went back to the earlier traditions and practices of the Church. The restoration of the Vigil as a true vigil was followed by a revised rite of Holy Week in 1956. This eventually was followed by further reforms in 1960.
 
Digitonomy said:
In reading the motu proprio Mysterii Paschalis, I came across this:Pope Paul’s footnote (3) was Dominicae Resurrectionis, a decree from the Sacred Congregation of Rites. I haven’t been able to find the text of the decree in a brief web search. There is also some information on Easter Vigil practices at the old Catholic Encyclopedia article on Easter, although it’s a little long-winded for me at this late hour.

It appears that the Easter Vigil mass as we know it is a recent restoration, or even to some extent an innovation. How long in coming was the revival Paul IV wrote of? In other words when was the Easter Vigil mass suppressed, and why?
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In general the Easter Vigil fell out when the Church moved away from primarily adult Baptisms and to mostly Infant Baptisms. Since Infant Baptism took place soon after birth, at any time of the year.
 
It is not accurate to say that was suppressed, as one will look in liturgical books throughout the centuries and see the Easter Vigil rites. What happened was that with the gradual moveback through the early and middle Middle Ages to Saturday afternoon and eventually Saturday morning, the rites became unfamiliar to most of the faithful. They continued to be done in largely empty churches, particulary cathedrals, religious houses and collegiate churches, but only the most pious, who still were not necessarily familiar with the rites, ever bothered to attend. For most folks in the pew (when there were pews) just went to Mass on Easter morning.
 
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In general the Easter Vigil fell out when the Church moved away from primarily adult Baptisms and to mostly Infant Baptisms. Since Infant Baptism took place soon after birth, at any time of the year.
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Grace and peace,

It’s interesting you brought this up because I recently had my daughter Baptized in the Church at age 5 and we originally had planned to have her Baptized during the Easter Vigil but due to the late time of night and issues with family and friends we moved our daughters baptism to the following Saturday Baptismal Rite.

My point is I can see who a late Easter Vigil could be a problem for parents etc.
 
Br.Rich_SFO said:
In general the Easter Vigil fell out when the Church moved away from primarily adult Baptisms and to mostly Infant Baptisms. Since Infant Baptism took place soon after birth, at any time of the year.
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There is much behind your proposal, but don’t presume that the preponderance of infant initiation automatically pushed baptisms away from the Easter Vigil. In the early Middle Ages infants often went through an abbreviated catechumenate (as in, their parents brought them to the rites adult catechumens used to undergo) and were often baptized accordingly at the Easter Vigil. IIRC, the classical Ambrosian rite actually had (at least technically) until its revision after Vatican II an Easter Vigil which prescribed the baptism of infants, the first few of which received particular names specified by the rite (something like a Peter, James, and John). Quamprimum baptism, i.e. baptism as soon as possible, didn’t really catch on with its current vigor until the 9th or 10th century, hundreds of years after infant baptism became the norm.
 
chrisb said:
Grace and peace,

It’s interesting you brought this up because I recently had my daughter Baptized in the Church at age 5 and we originally had planned to have her Baptized during the Easter Vigil but due to the late time of night and issues with family and friends we moved our daughters baptism to the following Saturday Baptismal Rite.

My point is I can see who a late Easter Vigil could be a problem for parents etc.
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As I indicated the Easter Vigil now is for Adult Baptisms primarily.
 
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