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To: MarkBsnr; count-your-change; Natural Law

http://wapedia.mobi/en/Solemn_Mass

Solemn Mass (Latin: missa solemnis), sometimes also referred to as Solemn High Mass or simply High Mass, is, when used not merely as a description, the full ceremonial form of the Tridentine Mass, celebrated by a priest with a deacon and a subdeacon, [1] requiring most of the parts of the Mass to be sung, and the use of incense. The term “High Mass” is also used in the United States to describe the more common Missa Cantata, which lacks deacon and subdeacon and some of the ceremonies connected with them.

These terms distinguish the form in question from that of Low Mass and Missa Cantata.

The parts assigned to the deacon and subdeacon are often done by Priests in vestments proper to those roles.

A Solemn Mass celebrated by a bishop has its own particular ceremonies and is referred to as a Solemn Pontifical Mass.


4,534 posted on 07/31/2010 10:53:03 AM PDT by Deo volente (God willing, America will survive this Obamination.)
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To: Deo volente; count-your-change

Many thanks, DV.

CYC - does this answer your question?


4,537 posted on 07/31/2010 10:58:28 AM PDT by MarkBsnr ( I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so.)
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