The Council of Trent: Decree Concerning the Most Holy Sacrament of The Eucharist, 1551
The Council of Trent: Doctrine on The Sacrifice of The Mass, 1562
The Catechism of the Council of Trent: The Sacrament of the Eucharist: Importance of Instruction on the Eucharist, 1564
Quo Primum—Papal Bull Establishing the Tridentine Rite, Pope St. Pius V, July 13, 1570
“Thoughts on Alterations in the Liturgy Respectfully Submitted to the Clergy,” John Henry Cardinal Newman, September 9, 1833
Excerpt from Prayers and Ceremonies of the Mass,
The Very Rev. John T. Sullivan, V. G., 1870
“The Liturgical Language” from The Roman Liturgy,
Peter C. Yorke, S. T. D., 1897
Excerpt from Jesus in the Eucharist,
The Very Rev. W. J. Kelly, V. F., 1903
Excerpt from The Sacrifice of The Mass: An Explanation of Its Doctrine, Rubrics, and Prayers by M. Gavin, S. J., 1903
Tra le Sollecitudini, Instruction on Sacred Music,
given Motu Proprio, Pope St. Pius X, November 22, 1903
“The Liturgy of the Mass,”
Fr. Adrian Fortescue, The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913
The Orientation of the Altar, from Maurice Hassett’s “History of the Christian Altar,” The Catholic Encyclopedia of 1913
Why in Latin?,
Rev. George Bampfield, The Catholic Truth Society, 1922
Divini Cultus: On Divine Worship,
Pope Pius XI, December 20, 1928
The Mass of the Western Rites,
Rt. Rev. Dom Fernand Cabrol, 1934
Mediator Dei: On the Sacred Liturgy,
Pope Pius XII, November 20, 1947
Christus Dominus: Concerning the Eucharistic Fast,
Pope Pius XII, January 6, 1953
Musicae Sacrae: On Sacred Music, Pope Pius XII, December 25, 1955
Sacram Communionem: On Laws of Fasting and The Evening Mass, Pope Pius XII, March 19, 1957
Veterum Sapientia: On the Promotion of the Study of Latin,
Pope John XXIII, February 22, 1962
Sacrosanctum Concilium: On the Sacred Liturgy,
Pope Paul VI, December 4, 1963
Inter Oecumenici (Excerpt)
Sacred Congregation of Rites, September 26, 1964
Optatam Totius: An Excerpt From A Decree on Priestly Training, Pope Paul VI, Rome, October 28, 1965
Excerpts from Remarks at an Audience,
Pope Paul VI, Rome, April 26, 1968
Excerpts from Remarks at a General Audience,
Pope Paul VI, Rome, November 26, 1969
A Statement by Scholars, Intellectuals, and Artists Living in England, published in the Times of London, July 6, 1971
The “English” Indult,
The Congregation for Divine Worship, November 5, 1971
Quattuor Abhinc Annos: Indult for Use of the Roman Missal of 1962, Congregation For Divine Worship, October 3, 1984
Ecclesia Dei, Pope John Paul II, July 2, 1988
Excerpt from an Address to the Bishops of Chile,
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Santiago, Chile, July 13, 1988
Guidelines for the Celebration of the Tridentine Mass,
The Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei,” January 1, 1991
Address to the Annual General Meeting of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, Alfons Cardinal Stickler, June 20, 1992
Praying Ad Orientem Versus, An Editorial in Notitiae, May 1993
“Facing the Lord: On the Building of Churches and Facing East in Prayer,” A Commentary on an Editorial in Notitiae, May 1993, Rev. John T. Zuhlsdorf, Sacred Music, Winter 1993
“The Attractiveness of the Tridentine Mass,”
Alfons Cardinal Stickler, May 20, 1995
“The Oxford Declaration on the Liturgy,”
The Centre for Faith and Culture, June 29, 1996
“The Antiquity and Beauty of the Roman Missal,” from Michael Davies’ A Short History of the Roman Mass, 1997
On the Occasion of the Tenth Anniversary of Ecclesia Dei, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, October 24, 1998
“The Sanctuary” from Ugly As Sin, Michael S. Rose, 2001
“The Reform of the Liturgy and the Position of the Celebrant at the Altar,” from Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer, Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, 2004
“Some Considerations on Holy Communion in the Hand,” Paul McDonald, Christ to The World Magazine, 2007
“Latin: Vehicle of Unity between Peoples and Cultures,”
Fr. Uwe Michael Lang, L’Osservatore Romano,
November 15, 2007
Letter to Bishops Regarding The Apostolic Letter “Summorum Pontificum,” Pope Benedict XVI, July 7, 2007
Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum given Motu Proprio, Pope Benedict XVI, July 7, 2007
Cum Amore Ac Timore: On Holy Communion on the Tongue,
Athanasius Schneider, L’Osservatore Romano, January 8, 2008
Papal Press Conference, Pope Benedict XVI, September 12, 2008
To the Bishops of France, Pope Benedict XVI, September 14, 2008
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