THE CATHOLIC MASS IN A SECULAR WORLD
Keywords:
SECULAR WORLD, Catholic MassAbstract
This article forms a part of the research project “The Roman Missal as an Episodic Structure of Communications among Those Present.” This research examines the use that is given to the protocol text of the Catholic Church for the performance of Mass, and has three objectives: (i) to give context to the publication of the missal in 1570 (Council of Trent), (ii) to describe the structure of worship (liturgy of the mass) incorporating the modifications made 400 years later during the Vatican Council II (1962-1965), and (iii) to outline the importance of rhetoric and of sacred oratory for the homily or sermon.
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