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At least since the times of Constantine, the Via Dolorosa was practiced at Jerusalem. See this.

Tradition (from traditio or a "passing on" or "handing down", like a baton) is either divine or ecclesiastical. Msgr. … Agius's Tradition and the Church ch 1, §3, says: Traditions are Divine or Ecclesiastical, as they originate either from God or from the Church. I. …

Traditionally, before the 1983 Code, all days during Lent were days of abstinence (no meat) and fast (at most one meal per day). See the table here.

The Angele Dei prayer is at least as old as Pope Pius VI (1717-1799), who, "in order to kindle the fervour of the faithful to have frequent recourse to their holy Angel Guardian, granted, motu proprio …

St. Robert Bellarmine, On the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, ch. 12 "Not everything in Mass must necessarily be said in a loud voice": The next question is not much different from the previous one …

Scripture itself is contained in Tradition, as it was the Church Herself who judged which books are to be part of the canon of Holy Scripture. … Chad Ripperger's books Topics on Tradition and The Binding Force of Tradition are also recommended. …

They were used at least in the 13th century, when William Durandus (1237-1296 A.D.) wrote his Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, book 1 (of 8) of which is translated into English as The Symbolism of Chur …

Chad Ripperger, Topics on Tradition (2013) and The Binding Force of Tradition (2013) …

See the bibliography (pp. 222-223) of: McCloud, Henry J. 1948. Clerical dress and insignia of the Roman Catholic Church. Milwaukee: Bruce Pub. Co. Most of the references therein are on the liturgy, …

He certainly knew how. Mt. 26:30 (Mk. 14:26): And a hymn being said, they went out unto mount Olivet. St. Thomas Aquinas writes (intro. to his exposition on David's psalms): A hymn is the p …

Saints Peter and Paul appeared to St. Thomas Aquinas at night and explained to him a passage he was struggling to interpret in the Book of the Prophet Isaias (Torrell 2010 p. 269).

Clerical dress distinguishs clerics from laymen and indicates rank among clerics. Clerical Dress and Insignia of the Roman Catholic Church, ch. 7 "Biretta", p. 64 by Henry McCloud: Pope The pope neve …

The Doctor of the Church St. Robert Bellarmine (1542-1621) collected 40 cases—from Pope St. Peter to Pope Innocent VIII (reigned 1484-1492)—of where a pope or anti-pope was said to have erred in faith …

The Catechism of the Council of Trent (also called the Roman Catechism) has very good explanations. Other catechisms are good, too.

Cornelius à Lapide, S.J.'s commentary on Luke 1:56: There is a question here whether the Blessed Virgin remained until the nativity of John. Theophylact, Euthymius, Jansenius maintain that she did no …