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AllRefer.com - Mass, in Christianity : Music in the Mass (Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Terms And ... (299 words) |
 | Mass, in Christianity, Roman Catholic And Orthodox Churches: General Terms And Concepts |
| Of the portions of the Mass that may be sung, some are chanted solo at the altar with choral response; there are also nine hymns for the choir. |
| The principal period of Mass composition lasted from 1400 to 1700. |
| CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sacrifice of the Mass (14804 words) |
| Since the Mass is nothing else than a continual repetition, commanded by Christ Himself, of the Sacrifice accomplished at the Last Supper, it follows that the Sacrifice of the Mass partakes of the New testament fulfilment of the prophecy of Melchisedech. |
| Consequently, the Mass is the impetratory and propitiatory sacrifice. |
| From the exceedingly high valuation, which the Church places on the Mass as the unbloody Sacrifice of the God-Man, issue, as it were spontaneously all those practical precepts of a positive or a negative nature, which are given in the Rubrics of the Mass, in Canon Law, and in Moral Theology. |
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