Negative Space: Catholic Mass
- Agnus Dei: Latin in the Catholic Mass
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Latin is fundamental to understanding Catholic Mass, scientific terminology, and the terminology of many other professions. It underlays so much of how we speak and what we speak about.
- Mysterium Fidei: Mortem tuam annuntiamus, Domine
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Latin in the Catholic Mass II: The Mysterium Fidei, or Mortem Tuam, is one of the shortest bits of Latin in a partly Latin Mass. It highlights some interesting features of Latin and how it translates to English.
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- Luciano Pavarotti—Agnus Dei
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Luciano Pavarotti sings the Agnus Dei accompanied by piano.
- Agnus Dei Mass XVIII archaic mode
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Agnus Dei sung with the lyrics and melody in chant style.
- Mysterium Fidei
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“Encyclical of Pope Paul VI on the Holy Eucharist, September 3, 1965: The Mystery of Faith, that is, the ineffable gift of the Eucharist that the Catholic Church received from Christ, her Spouse, as a pledge of His immense love, is something that she has always devoutly guarded as her most precious treasure, and during the Second Vatican Council she professed her faith and veneration in a new and solemn declaration.”
- Ecclesiastical Latin pronunciation guide
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“Ecclesiastical or Church Latin follows essentially the same spelling and pronunciation rules as those of modern Italian, with some minor variations; eg. consonants are never held. This is the pronunciation used when singing Ecclesiastical Latin.”
