Foreword by Francis Cardinal George, OMI
December 4, 2013 is the 50th anniversary of Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy), the first document of the Second Vatican Council. To commemorate the anniversary of this most influential liturgical document, this volume collects the historical documents leading up to the promulgation of the Constitution as well as post-Conciliar documents which implemented the liturgical reform called for by the Constitution. The book begins with a schema of the history of liturgical reform providing context for the included documents. Each document is preceded with an overview written by renown scholars and theologians.
The documents included in this volume are:
•Tra le sollecitundini
•Mystici Corporis Christi
•Mediator Dei
•Sacrosanctum Concilium
•Sacram Liturgiam
•Inter oecumenici
•Tres abhinc annos
•Comme le Prevoit
•Liturgicae Instaurationes
•Varietates Legitimae
•Liturgiam Authenticam
•Vicesimus Quintus Annus
•Spirtus et Sponsa
•The Church at Prayer: A Holy Temple of the Lord
Authors include:
Rev. Robert L. Tuzik; Jakob K. Rinderknecht; Rev. Anthony Ruff, OSB; Michael R. Prendergast; S. Judith M. Kubicki, CSSF; Rev. Richard Fragomeni; David W. Fagerberg; Corinna Laughlin; Deacon Francis L. Agnoli; Steven R. Janco; Rev. Msgr. Kevin Irwin; Rev. Msgr. Joseph DeGrocco; Rev. Msgr. Richard B. Hilgartner; Rev. Giblert Ostdiek, OFM; Rev. Paul Turner; Rev. Daniel J. Merz; Mary Elizabeth Sperry; S. Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS; Richard E. McCarron; Christopher Carstens
640 pages, 17.5 x 25.5 cm, paperback
Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
MPN: LD3-V10
ISBN: 9781616711016