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Research Guide to Catholic Liturgy John M. Kelly Library University of St.

Most of the texts included were published by departments of the Holy See.

The New Liturgy: A Documentation, 1903 1965. Edited by R. Kevin Seasoltz. New York: Herder and Herder, 1966. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.

1 Research Guide to Catholic Liturgy John M. Kelly Library University of St. Michael s College DOCUMENTS OF THE MAGISTERIUM - RETROSPECTIVE Each of these works collects English translations of major documents on the liturgy, both theological and canonical. Most of the texts included were published by departments of the Holy See. The official Latin editions of many of these documents can be found in the Enchiridion documentorum instaurationis liturgicae (St. Michael s 3rd Floor BX 1970.A57). The New Liturgy: A Documentation, Edited by R. Kevin Seasoltz. New York: Herder and Herder, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.S ] Documents on the Liturgy, : Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.A ] CONTENTS Documents of the Magisterium - Retrospective 1 - Current 1 Encyclopedias 2 Dictionaries 2 The Roman Rite - Texts 3 - Secondary Works 4 Other Western Rites 4 Eastern Rites - Texts 5 - Secondary Works 5 Bibliographies 6 Finding Journal Articles 6 The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications. 2 volumes. Volume 1, 4th edition, 2004 (5th edition, 2012, on order); volume 2, 3rd edition, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.A26 L58] DOCUMENTS OF THE MAGISTERIUM - CURRENT Notitiae present. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 1970.A1 N6; recent issues in 2nd Floor current journal display area] The bi-monthly publication of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Includes official documents as well as important critical studies. Origins present. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 801.O75; recent issues in 2nd Floor current journal display area] A weekly publication which includes English translations of important church documents. Thirty-five Years of the BCL Newsletter. Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.C ] Documents from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on the Liturgy. Illustration in title box: Salvador Dali, The Sacrament of the Last Supper (1955), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

2 MULTI-VOLUME ENCYCLOPEDIAS New Catholic Encyclopedia. 2nd edition. Washington, DC: Gale, volumes + supplements. [Available online for UofT use: [St. Michael s 1st Floor Reference Area BX 841.N ] The major English-language encyclopedia on Catholic topics. There is an article entitled Liturgy, Articles on which provides an overview of the encyclopedia s liturgical content and identifies several hundred entries on particular topics. Unfortunately many of the articles in the 2003/online edition are reprints from the 1967 edition without any updating. The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton, volumes + 3 supplements. [Available online: [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 841.C ] For over fifty years this work was the chief source of information on the Catholic Church in English-speaking countries. Owing to its length (almost twice as many words as the New Catholic Encyclopedia) and its emphasis on historical articles, it is still useful for the history of the liturgy. Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie. Paris: Letouzey et Ané, volumes. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BR 95.D5 1907] The most complete and scholarly reference work on the ancient liturgies of the Church. Covers liturgical art, architecture, music, rites, and formulas. ONE-VOLUME DICTIONARIES These works provide brief definitions and descriptions of liturgical terms, including names of people, liturgical objects, actions, and rites: Bradshaw, Paul. The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship. Louisville, KY: Westminister John Knox Press, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 173.N ] Fink, Peter. The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 173.N ] Lang, Jovian P. Dictionary of the Liturgy. New York: Catholic Book Publishing, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 173.L ] Lercaro, Giacomo. A Small Liturgical Dictionary. London: Burns & Oates, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 173.L ] Pfatteicher, P.H. A Dictionary of Liturgical Terms. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, [Emmanuel Reference BV 173.P ] Smolarski, Dennis C. Liturgical Literacy: From Anamnesis to Worship. New York: Paulist, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 173.S ] 2

3 THE ROMAN RITE TEXTS Missale Romanum. Editio typica tertia. Vatican City: Typis polyglottis vaticanis, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 2015.A2 2002] The current authoritative Latin text of the Roman Missal as revised in 1970 by order of the Second Vatican Council and then most recently in Concordantia verbalia Missalis Romani: Partes Euchologicae. Edited by Thaddaus A. Schnitker and Wolfgang A. Slaby. Münster: Aschendorff, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 2015.S ] A concordance to the Latin text of the 1975 edition of the Roman Missal (excluding the lectionary) listing every use of every word. Useful for determining how a particular topic is treated in the liturgy. Concordantia et Indices Missalis Romani. Edited by Manlio Sodi and Alessandro Toniolo [Available online: A concordance to the Latin text of the 2002 edition of the Roman Missal. Roman Missal. Ottawa, ON: Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 2015.A4 2011] The English translation of the Missale Romanum approved for use in Canada contains the prayers for Mass: both the Ordinary (the prayers used at all masses) and the Propers (the prayers which vary from day to day). Lectionary. Sundays and Solemnities: [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference BX2003.A4 C ] Weekdays: [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference BX2003.C ] 2 volumes. The Lectionary contains the scripture readings for Mass. The Rites of the Catholic Church. New York: Pueblo, volumes. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 2035.A4 1990] The approved English translations for most of the Rituale Romanum and the Pontificale Romanum. Includes the texts for baptism, confirmation, penance, marriage, anointing, funerals, ordinations, and blessings. The Liturgy of the Hours. New York: Catholic Book Publishing, volumes. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 2000.A ] The English translation of the Roman Breviary approved for use in Canada. Includes the prayers and scripture readings recited daily by priests, members of religious orders, and some laity. 3

4 THE ROMAN RITE SECONDARY WORKS Bugnini, Annibale. The Reform of the Liturgy, Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 1970.B ] The standard history of the liturgical reform written by the Secretary of the Consilium and of the Congregation for Divine Worship, the Vatican offices responsible for the reform. A Commentary on the Order of Mass of The Roman Missal. Edited by Edward Foley. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 2015.C ] A historical and theological commentary. Includes chapters on the current English translation. Elliott, Peter J. Ceremonies of the Modern Roman Rite: The Eucharist and the Liturgy of the Hours. San Francisco: Ignatius, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 1971.E ] A respected guide to the rubrics of the reformed Roman Missal and Breviary. Jungmann, Joseph A. The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development. New York: Benziger, volumes. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BQT 4154.J8] The standard history of and guide to the Roman Missal from its beginnings until the 1950 s. Taft, Robert. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: The Origins of the Divine Office and Its Meaning for Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 2000.T34] The standard history of and guide to the Roman Breviary. OTHER WESTERN RITES Until the reform of the Council of Trent, there were dozens of different liturgical usages in the Western Church. About ten of these survived in a few religious orders and dioceses until the Second Vatican Council. Today, with the exception of the Ambrosian Rite which is used throughout the Archdiocese of Milan, they are used in only a very few churches and chapels. King, Archdale A. Liturgies of the Past. Milwaukee, WI: Bruce, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BQT 4135.K5] The rites of Aquileia, Benevento, and Nidaros, as well as the Celtic, Gallican, and English medieval rites. King, Archdale A. Liturgies of the Primatial Sees. London: Longmans, Green, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BQT 4910.K5] The liturgical uses of the dioceses of Lyons, Braga, Milan, and Toledo. King, Archdale A. Liturgies of the Religious Orders. London: Longmans, Green, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BQT 4700.K5 R4] The Carthusian, Cistercian, Premonstratensian, Carmelite, and Dominican forms of the Roman Rite. 4

5 EASTERN RITES TEXTS There are a number of liturgical rites used by different Eastern Catholics. These include the Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldaean, Coptic, Ethiopian, Maronite, Syrian, Syro-Malabar, and Syro-Malankara rites. Of these the largest is the Byzantine. Liturgies Eastern and Western. Edited by F.E. Brightman. Oxford: Clarendon Press, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BV 186.L58] English translations of the Armenian, Byzantine, Chaldaean, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syrian anaphoras. Byzantine Daily Worship. Allendale, NJ: Alleluia Press, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX C ] An English translation of the Byzantine liturgy as used by Melkite Catholics. The Divine Liturgy of Saint John Chrysostom: A New Translation by Members of the Faculty of Hellenic College/Holy Ghost Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 375.E75 A ] The Greek text, a transliteration of the Greek text, and an English translation. Approved for use in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America. EASTERN RITES SECONDARY WORKS Day, Peter D. The Liturgical Dictionary of Eastern Christianity. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX D ] Definitions for hundreds of liturgical terms including people, objects, prayers, and places. King, Archdale A. The Rites of Eastern Christendom. Rome: Catholic Book Agency, volumes. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX 4710.K v. 2] An introduction to each of the eastern rites, with frequent quotations from the liturgical texts. Kucharek, Casimir. The Byzantine-Slav Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom: Its Origin and Evolution. Allendale, NJ: Alleluia Press, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX K ] The standard history and guide to the Byzantine liturgy as used by Ukrainian and Ruthenian Catholics; this work is the Byzantine equivalent of Jungmann's The Mass of the Roman Rite. Liesel, Nikolaus. The Eucharistic Liturgies of the Eastern Churches. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BX L ] A step-by-step guide to the eucharistic liturgy as celebrated in each of the Eastern rites, with black and white illustrations displaying almost every aspect of the celebration of the Divine Liturgy. 5

6 BIBLIOGRAPHIES Sacramenta: Bibliographia Internationalis. Edited by Maksimilijan Zitnik. Rome: Pontificia università gregoriana, volumes. [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BV 800.Z ] A comprehensive list of over 75,000 works on the liturgy and the sacraments written between 1900 and Includes works written in all major Western European languages. Critical Bibliography of Liturgical Literature. By Thomas A. Vismans and Lucas Brinkhoff. Nijmegen: V.S.K.B., [St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area BX 1970.V ] A list of some 300 Catholic liturgical works each with a critical annotation. A Bibliography of Christian Worship. By Bard Thompson. Philadelphia: Scarecrow, [St. Michael s 1st Floor Reference Area BV 176.B5 1989] A list of books and journal articles on all aspects of Christian liturgy. No annotations. FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES Catholic Periodical and Literature Index (CPLI). [Available online (1981 present) for UofT use: [Print version ( ): St. Michael's 1st Floor Reference Area AI 3.C3] Over 200,000 bibliographic citations to Catholic books, book reviews, and journal articles from more than 160 Catholic magazines. Includes both scholarly and popular material. Use the print version to find articles published before ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials. [Available online (1949 present) for UofT use] Over one million bibliographic citations to journal articles, essays in books, and book reviews in the field of religion. Covers all aspects of the major world religions, but excludes most Catholic journals (which are indexed in the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index). It is possible to search the ATLA Religion Database and the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index at the same time: when you are using one or the other index, click on the blue Choose Databases tab at the top of the webpage, place checkmarks against both indexes, and then click on the Continue tab. Both the ATLA Religion Database and the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index include links to many full-text electronic journal articles. Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses: Elenchus Bibliographicus present. [St. Michael's 3rd Floor BR 1.A1 E55] The major European index to books and journal articles about Catholic theology includes a section entitled Theologia sacramentorum et liturgia (Theology of the Sacraments and the Liturgy). The Elenchus Bibliographicus is not available in the online version of the journal. This research guide is maintained by Noel S. McFerran (noel.mcferran@utoronto.ca). It was last updated July The latest version is available online: 6

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