Ceremonies of the Roman Rite Described | |
Fr. Adrian Fortescue | |
Fr. Adrian Fortescue (adventurer, liturgist, | |
calligrapher, organist, scholar, and first and foremost | |
priest) dedicated his life to the service of Christ, and | |
much of his mind to the study of the liturgies of Christ's | |
Church. In an effort to help support his parish church, St. | |
Hugh, Father Fortescue decided to correct a long-standing | |
lacuna in English-language Catholic literature: the lack of | |
a thorough guide to the liturgical ceremonies of a normal | |
parish church. In so doing, he created a masterpiece, a | |
faithful guide that has assisted English-speaking Catholics | |
throughout the world ever since. Covering the ceremonies of | |
the Mass, first and foremost; the specific ceremonies of the | |
liturgical year; the other sacraments celebrated in parish | |
churches or in homes; and the ceremonies of the ritual, this | |
work is comprehensive and immensely instructive. Completely | |
retypeset, with the text optically scanned and then | |
carefully edited by hand for correctness, this edition also | |
presents completely redrawn diagrams of all the ceremonies, | |
as well as a page detailing the common appearance of a few | |
of the vestments referenced in the work. A treasure for any | |
Roman Catholic library. 309 pp., English. | |
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