Although the Roman Mass, standardized by directives of the Council of Trent (1570), is technically a post-Reformation document, it is not an innovation but rather the summation of the medieval development of western Catholic worship. Consequently the mass below is presented as part of the pre-Reformation liturgies as an example of ancient Catholic worship.
OFFERTORY
The second part of the Mass, called the Offertory, reflected the eucharistic theology so prevalent since the Middle Ages....
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