---joseph pope <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> This for Larry Swain,
> The missal in use in the middle of the 20th
century was virtually
> identical with the missal in use at the beginning
of the 11th century.
> Each day the introit, gradual, offertory, and
communion prayers were
> excerpts from the psalms. The so-called epistle
was often from the old
> testament. See my article "Missale Romanum" in
Fellowship of Catholic
> Scholars Newsletter of Sept 1994, page 27 and two
other periodicals.
> Actually until the latter part of present century
the missal suffered
> little change from the time of Saint Gregory the
Great.
> One can even go back further to the time of the
Gelasian Sacramentary.
> Joe Pope, Curator, Bergendal Collection of
Mediaeval Manuscripts.
>
Thanks all for the information, I appreciate it.
Joe, I'll be sure to look up your article-thank you
for the reference. I'll also see if I can dig up
some old missals!
Larry Swain
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