High Mass
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High Mass may mean:
The renowned liturgist Adrian Fortescue declared that the Missa Cantata "is really a low Mass
, since the essence of high Mass is not the music but the deacon and subdeacon".
- Solemn MassSolemn MassSolemn Mass , 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, requiring most of the parts of the Mass to be sung, and the use of...
, a Tridentine MassTridentine MassThe Tridentine Mass is the form of the Roman Rite Mass contained in the typical editions of the Roman Missal that were published from 1570 to 1962. It was the most widely celebrated Mass liturgy in the world until the introduction of the Mass of Paul VI in December 1969...
celebrated with deacon and subdeacon (international and general United States usage) - Missa CantataMissa CantataMissa Cantata is a form of Tridentine Mass defined officially in 1960 as a sung Mass celebrated without sacred ministers, i.e., deacon and subdeacon.Other names in pre-1960 sources:...
, a sung Tridentine Mass without deacon and subdeacon (usage among United States Catholics)
The renowned liturgist Adrian Fortescue declared that the Missa Cantata "is really a low Mass
Low Mass
Low Mass is a Tridentine Mass defined officially in the Code of Rubrics included in the 1962 edition of the Roman Missal as Mass in which the priest does not chant the parts that the rubrics assign to him...
, since the essence of high Mass is not the music but the deacon and subdeacon".