A SHORT HISTORY OF THE ROMAN MASS

by Michael Davies

Gradual Development of Ceremonies
The End of Persecutions
The Gallican Rite
The Origins of the Roman Rite and its Liturgical Books
The Canon of the Mass Dates from the 4th Century
The Reform of St. Gregory the Great
Eastern and Gallican Additions to the Roman Rite
A Sacred Heritage Since the 6th Century
The Reform of Pope St. Pius V
Not a New Mass
Revisions after 1570
Our Ancient Liturgical Heritage