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  2. Text and rubrics of the Roman Canon - Wikipedia

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    The full list consists of John the Baptist, seven male and seven female saints. The rubrics in all forms of the Roman Canon indicate that the priest who recites the prayer (a concelebrant in a concelebrated Mass) strikes his breast when saying the first three words, "Nobis quoque peccatoribus", and that he then continues with hands extended ...

  3. List of ecclesiastical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    In the transaction of ordinary business the Roman Congregations are wont to use certain brief and pithy formulas (e.g. Negative = "No"; Negative et amplius = "No with emphasis"). They are not, correctly speaking, abbreviations. For a list of these see Canon law. This class includes also the abbreviations for the names of most sees.

  4. History of the Roman Canon - Wikipedia

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    The Roman Canon is the oldest eucharistic prayer used in the Mass of the Roman Rite, and dates its arrangement to at least the 7th century; its core, however, is much older. Through the centuries, the Roman Canon has undergone minor alterations and modifications, but retains the same essential form it took in the seventh century under Pope ...

  5. Glossary of the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    This is a glossary of terms used within the Catholic Church.Some terms used in everyday English have a different meaning in the context of the Catholic faith, including brother, confession, confirmation, exemption, faithful, father, ordinary, religious, sister, venerable, and vow.

  6. Canon of the Mass - Wikipedia

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    The editions of the Roman Missal issued since 1970, which contain three other newly composed Eucharistic prayers, names it as the "Roman Canon" and places it as the first [c] of its four Eucharistic prayers, and place the words "Prex Eucharistica" before the dialogue that precedes the Preface [d] and the new heading "Ritus communionis" before ...

  7. Lists of saints - Wikipedia

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    The word saint comes from the Latin word sanctus, meaning ' holy ', and although saint has been applied in other religious contexts, the word has its origins in Christianity. [2] In Christianity, some religious authorities require that a person undergo a formal process of canonization to be recognized as a saint, such as the Catholic and ...

  8. List of Catholic saints - Wikipedia

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    This is an incomplete list of humans and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints.According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision.Many of the saints listed here are to be found in the General Roman Calendar, while others may also be found in the Roman Martyrology; [1] still others are particular to local places and their recognition does not extend to the ...

  9. Liturgical books of the Roman Rite - Wikipedia

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    Within the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, a variety of liturgical books have been officially approved to contain the words to be recited and the actions to be performed in the celebration of Catholic liturgy. The Roman Rite of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church is the most widely used liturgical rite.