Liturgiam Authenticam: Fifth Instruction for the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council
Overview
The Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments is responsible for upholding the Church’s traditions, teachings, and disciplines concerning the Sacraments—especially as they are performed through the Mass and the liturgy of the Church. These documents, authored by the same Congregation, uphold the Second Vatican Council’s teachings and explain how to intregrate them into the Church’s liturgies. With these essential writings, discover how the Catholic Church brings Vatican II to the Mass and honors the Sacraments with instructions for every diocese around the globe. Learn exactly how Sancrosanctum Concilium works out in the Church today.
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“which may impede the communication of the true and integral sense of a word or an expression in the original text” (source)
“new translations must be made directly from the original texts, namely the Latin” (source)
“Consideration should also be given to including in the vernacular editions at least some texts in the Latin language, especially those from the priceless treasury of Gregorian chant, which the Church recognizes as proper to the Roman Liturgy, and which, all other things being equal, is to be given pride of place in liturgical celebrations.28 Such chant, indeed, has a great power to lift the human spirit to heavenly realities.” (source)
“In referring to almighty God or the individual persons of the Most Holy Trinity, the truth of tradition as well as the established gender usage of each respective language are to be maintained.” (source)
“the Nova Vulgata Editio is the point of reference as regards the delineation of the canonical text” (source)
- Title: Liturgiam Authenticam: Fifth Instruction for the Right Implementation of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council
- Author: Congregation for the Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments
- Publisher: Libreria Editrice Vaticana
- Print Publication Date: 2001
- Logos Release Date: 2013
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Catholic Church › Liturgy
- Resource ID: LLS:FFTHNSTRCTNRGHT
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:43:18Z