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Why do Catholic laity cross themselves three times before the Gospel is read?
Before the Gospel is read, a Catholic makes signs of the cross, with the thumb, on his or her
forehead,
mouth, and
heart,
which represents that the Catholic must
understand the Gospel,
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What is the basis for forbidding prerecorded music in worship services?
Clear statements against the use of prerecorded music have been made by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians ("On the Use of Pre-Recorded Music in the Liturgy") and Paul S. Jones (...
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What is Catholic "Gold ring mass"? What kind of liturgy it is?
What is the Catholic "Gold ring mass"? What kind of liturgy it is?
Wow, I never thought anyone would ask this question. It is unbelievably hard to track down, but several years ago I ...
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When would a Mormon choose to go to the temple instead of the church?
It's not a choice between the two as the question seems to be asking. The temple is not actually a meetinghouse where ordinary worship services are held. (In fact, temples are closed on Sundays.) ...
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Why do Catholic laity cross themselves three times before the Gospel is read?
Why do Catholics sign themselves three (3) times just before the Gospel is read?
To understand the significance of this tradition, let us take a look into its origins.
Concerning the making the ...
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Can priests (or popes) administer sacraments in a liturgy other than their own?
There are a number of related questions here.
The Bishop of Rome
The Bishop of Rome (i.e., the Pope), being the universal pastor of the Catholic Church, may celebrate in any rite he wishes at any ...
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In which languages could the Tridentine Mass be said?
If by “Tridentine Mass” the O.P. means the Mass promulgated by Pope Pius V in 1570 (probably better termed the “traditional Roman Rite”), which was used widely in that form until the liturgical ...
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Why do Catholic laity cross themselves three times before the Gospel is read?
Contrary to what you say about missals, the rubrics in my missal (The CTS New Daily Missal) say that before the reading of the gospel, "He [the deacon/priest] makes the Sign of the Cross on the book ...
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Where the church should gather?
By way of answer, I refer you to this article on the history of Christian meetings. I'll summarize some sections.
In the first century, Christians generally met in homes, especially the homes of more ...
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Do these videos represent JW meetings or do they have other secret/sacred meetings that are not available to public?
The YouTube link you referred to is not the official channel of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It is a private account posted by an individual who was obviously present or received a recording of some meetings ...
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In which languages could the Tridentine Mass be said?
Another exception to Athanasius' answer is Mass in the Ordinariate Use, published in Divine Worship: The Missal in 2015.
This order is in traditional-language English ("thee, thou" etc), and it's ...
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When and why did Protestantism begin moving away from liturgy?
The simplifying or outright dismantling of liturgies has been in train since the beginning of the Reformation, particularly as it started to unfold in Switzerland under Huldrych Zwingli. From the ...
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Do Mormons have Sunday services?/What does the regular Mormon liturgy look like?
First, a point of terminology. Do you live near a Mormon temple (a large and spectacular building, recognizable by a distinctive golden statue of an angel with a trumpet on top) or a Mormon church (...
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When would a Mormon choose to go to the temple instead of the church?
One does not replace the other: a faithful member of the Church will attend regular, weekly Sunday meetings and attend the temple when possible. Temples are usually open during the week and Saturday, ...
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Where in the Bible does the greeting ("Dominus Vobiscum") used at Mass come from?
It is directly pulled from the Bible.
Based on my answer to this question: As far as scripture goes, the salutation is from Ruth 2:4 and 2 Chronicles 15:2 in the Vulgate.
In Ruth, the phrase appears ...
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When did the early church begin reciting the Lord's Prayer in corporate worship?
The difficulty in answering this question is that the liturgy of the early Church was largely oral in nature, and so we contain virtually no records from the early Church itself regarding what it ...
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Do Mormons view the LDS Church as a pure restoration of first century Christianity?
Yes the LDS believe it is a pure restoration of first century Christian liturgy and beliefs.
True to the Faith specifies what was lost during the Apostasy:
After His Crucifixion and the deaths of ...
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Do Anglicans use Latin anymore? If so, how much and for what?
Anglicans do not use Latin for any form of normal worship service or for any normal purposes.
The 24th article of the foundational articles of the Anglican church states:
It is a thing plainly ...
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In which languages could the Tridentine Mass be said?
If we count the lawful liturgical variants of the Tridentine Mass such as the Dominican Rite and the Carmelite Rite and permission given to some Religious Orders, we able to see that the Holy See has ...
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In which languages could the Tridentine Mass be said?
Portions of the liturgy were permitted to be celebrated in Native American vernaculars.
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Do the Orthodox and Catholic Churches allow participation in each others' services?
From a Catholic point of view, there is no problem with (a) a Roman Catholic attending an Orthodox Divine Liturgy and receiving communion or (b) an Orthodox attending a Roman Catholic mass and ...
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Has there ever been an Eastern Catholic Pope (Post-Schism)?
There are really only two requirements for becoming pope: being male and being baptized into the Catholic Church.
Canon 332 § 1 of the 1983 Code simply states that one already a bishop (nb: not ...
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What exactly is a liber ordinarius?
The Catholic Encyclopedia reports:
In the Middle Ages, and indeed almost down to the invention of printing, the books used in the service of the Church were much more divided up than they are at ...
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What exactly was the earliest start time of a Catholic mass before 1957? - What means aurora?
"Aurora" in Latin means "dawn", as opposed to "sunrise" (which is "ortus solis", the rising of the sun). This would mean, more or less, the period at which the sky was visibly bright.
The reason for ...
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What can be said when applying ashes during Ash Wednesday Mass?
The website liturgies.net appears to have a full copy of the Roman Missal, including the propers of the Mass for Ash Wednesday. This states:
[The priest] sprinkles the ashes with holy water, ...
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When are lay men and women permitted to proclaim the Gospel in a Catholic church?
When are lay men and women permitted to proclaim the Gospel in a Catholic church?
Your question has to be answered in three parts and must be answered with a sober yes; but the yes can be only ...
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Why do Catholic laity cross themselves three times before the Gospel is read?
Having been a lifelong Catholic, I have only picked this up through seeing other people do it. That being said, I have always seen it as being symbolic of keeping the Gospel in my mind, on my lips, ...
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Is there a historical reason why the liturgical colour purple eventually replaced black to symbolize penance?
Is there a historical reason why the liturgical colour purple eventually replaced black to symbolize penance?
Having dived into this question for some time now, I would like to simply postulate a ...
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How did the Catholic Church function logistically/liturgically prior to the invention of the printing press?
From Herbert Thurston's Catholic Encyclopedia article "Missal" (§ "Origin of the Missal"):
The printed Missal of the present day, reproducing in substance the manuscript forms of the latter part of ...
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