Internet Theology Resources:

Liturgical Studies and Liturgical Music

Liturgical Studies

• Anaphora of Addai and Mari ("Liturgy of the Blessed Apostles"). Nestorian.
• Apostolic Constitutions (late 3rd or early 4th C.). Syrian. Book 8 of the Apostolic Constitutions [124K] may be of particular interest, as it contains details of the so-called "Clementine" liturgy.
• Apostles' Creed (c. 200). Latin text, English translation.
• Fernand Cabrol, The Mass of the Western Rites (1934). Historical, chiefly fifth through twelfth centuries. 440K plain text file.
• Congregation for Worship
  • Directory for Masses with Children (1973).
  • Directory for Sunday Celebrations in the Absence of a Priest (1988).
  • General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours (1971).
  • Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani
    • General Instruction of the Roman Missal. (2003). English translation of the editio typica tertia, approved for use in the United States.
    • Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia (2002). In Latin. [231K text, 14K graphics].
  • Liturgiam authenticam (2001). Principles governing the translation of liturgical texts, including Scripture, into vernacular languages.
    • Liturgiam authenticam, English translation.
    • Liturgiam authenticam. In Latin. [121K text, 27K graphics].
• The Coptic Liturgy of St. Basil. [52K].
• The Coptic Orthodox Book of Hours (Agpeya).
• Gerald Darring, Theology Library: Liturgical Year. [12K text, 77K graphics]. Directory of Internet resources. Darring teaches high school religion.
• A brief description of The Divine Liturgies used in the Byzantine Rite.
• The Divine Liturgy of St. James (2nd C.?). Jerusalem. Forerunner of some Syriac, Armenian, and Greek liturgies. [58K].
• The Divine Liturgy of St. Mark (2nd C.?). Alexandrian. Influenced Greek and Ethiopian liturgies.
• Eastern Liturgical Customs.
• Egeria (4th/5th C.)
  • Egeria and the Fourth Century Liturgy of Jerusalem. Latin text and English translation of the final third of Egeria's Itinerarium. With bibliography. Prepared by Michael Fraser.
  • The Pilgrimage of Etheria. 1919 SPCK edition, translated by M.L. McClure and C.L. Feltoe. Preserves pagination of printed version. "Much is wanting," as the editors themselves note, but this is the most complete version of Egeria yet available online.
• Ruth Fox, Women in the Bible and the Lectionary (1996).
• General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar (1969).
• General Roman Calendar. With observances proper to the U.S. Best viewed with a browser that supports tables.
• John Paul II
  • Dominicae Cenae (1980). One of a series of annual letters to priests for Holy Thursday. This one deals with Eucharistic worship in both senses--inside and outside of the Mass. Also touches on the role of the priest.
    • Dominicae Cenae, English translation. [71K].
    • Dominicae Cenae, in Italian. [76K text, 27K graphics].
    • Über das Geheimnis und die Verehrung der Heiligsten Eucharistie. German. [125K text, 4K graphic].
  • Redemptoris Mater (1987). Encyclical. On the role of Mary in the life of the Church.
    • Redemptoris Mater, English. Each chapter in its own file. With concordances and word frequency lists.
    • Redemptoris Mater, Spanish. Each part in its own file.
• Felix Just, The Roman Catholic Lectionary Website. Tables of all the readings in several editions of the lectionary, comparisons between the 1970 and 1998 U.S. editions and the 1992 Canadian lectionary.
• Justin Martyr (d. c. 165), First Apology
  • Chapter 61. Christian Baptism. [138K text, 5K graphics].
  • Chapters 65ff. Administration of the Sacraments. (Baptism and Eucharist). [138K text, 5K graphics].
• Lecturas de la Misa. Readings for Sunday Mass. Latin American Spanish--uses ustedes rather than vosotros.
• Lift Up Your Hearts. From the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Many valuable resources for liturgy.
• John Lilburne, RomanRite.com. News of recent developments in Latin Rite liturgical law, and essays by an Australian student of theology.
• Liturgical Vestments in use in the Byzantine Rite.
• The Liturgy section from the Order of St. Benedict home page. One of the best liturgical pages on the Net.
• Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts. [60K text, 48K graphics]. Traditionally ascribed to Gregory the Great, and used by Eastern rites and by the Orthodox on Wednesdays and Fridays of the Great Lent.
• Roger Mahony, "Gather Faithfully Together": A Guide for Sunday Mass (1997). [167K]. Cardinal Mahony of Los Angeles shares his vision of Sunday Eucharist in the parish. Long. Must reading for parish ministers.
• Mission of the Sacred Heart, Scripture readings for daily and Sunday Mass, in Chinese
  • Chinese Mass readings, Big 5 coding.
  • Chinese Mass readings, GB coding.
• NAB Lectionary Watch. Of chiefly historical interest now, but also has references to a number of interesting articles on inclusive language.
• Paul VI
  • Marialis Cultus (1974)
    • Le culte de la Vierge Marie. [150K text, 12K graphics]. French translation. Uses some Microsoft-only characters.
    • Marialis Cultus, English. [109K].
    • Marialis Cultus, Spanish.
  • Mysterium Fidei (1965)
    • Mysterium Fidei, English. [51K].
    • Mysterium Fidei, Spanish. [57K text, 14K graphics].
  • Sacram Unctionem (1972)
    • Apostolic Constitution on the Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick.
    • Sacram Unctionem. Spanish translation.
• Quicumque vult, also known as the "Athanasian Creed." Probably 5th C., with affinities to Vincent of Lérins.
  • Quicumque. Introduction, Latin text, and English translation.
  • Le symbole d'Athanase. French translation.
• Revised Common Lectionary readings. NRSV.
• Saints: Autobiography, Biography, Hagiography
  • Hippolyte Delehaye, The Legends of the Saints: An Introduction to Hagiography. Full text of 1907 edition. 517K. Thoughtful, interesting consideration of the principles and process of medieval hagiography.
  • The ECOLE Initiative: Vitæ.
  • Paul Halsall, Internet Medieval Sourcebook: Saints' Lives. [96K text, 20K graphics]. New Testament era through the Middle Ages, and helpful links for hagiography.
  • Jacobus de Voragine (c. 1229-1298), The Golden Legend. Full text of the immensely popular Legenda Aurea. Each of 7 volumes of Temple Classics edition (1900) in its own file; some chapters available separately.
  • Terry Jones, Patron Saints Index. Brief profiles of 5000 saints and beati, often with links to other sources of information, and sometimes excerpts from the saint's writings.
  • James Kiefer's Hagiographies. Anglican. Uses frames. James Kiefer's Christian Biographies is the no-frames table of contents.
  • Rafael María López-Melús, Los Santos Carmelitas. Carmelite saints. Calendar and biographical essays, in Spanish.
  • Ed LoPresti, Lives of the Saints. Directory. A very good starting point. Also links to related resources.
  • Orthodox Calendar. With brief hagiographies. From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North America. Best viewed with a browser that supports tables.
  • Kathy Rabenstein, Index of Saints. [90K text; size of graphic varies]. Rabenstein has drawn on mainly public-domain hagiographical works in compiling this index of about 11,000 saints and beati. Notes whether the person is included in the Roman Martyrology, has an approved cultus, or is a center of popular devotion. Sometimes too sanitized for my taste, but certainly worth a look.
  • Société des Bollandistes, Christian Hagiography. No direct links to primary texts, but tells where to look. Excellent bibliographies.
  • Synexarium. [14K text, 41K graphics]. Coptic Orthodox. Arranged by Coptic date. Search not functioning.
  • David Woods, The Military Martyrs. If you have any interest in the soldier saints of late antiquity and the early medieval period, this is a "must see" site. English translations of the Latin and Greek primary sources, bibliographies. Woods' doctoral thesis was on the Christianization of the fourth-century Roman army.
• Willibald Sandler, Josef Andreas Jungmann. Brief biography, in German.
• Sanctoral Table. In Spanish, from the Chilean bishops' conference. Server is often down.
• Selections from the Assyrian Liturgy.
• Typikon (Ukrainian Rite).
• Ukrainian Rite Resources. Sacramental rites, devotions, tropars and kondaks. Zipped Word 6.0 files.
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Adaptations of the Institutio Generalis Missalis Romani, editio typica tertia. Policy for the dioceses of the United States in matters which the GIRM entrusts to bishops' conferences, such as posture, gesture, materials for sacred furnishings.
  • Liturgical Calendar 2005. In PDF. [193K]. Prepared by the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy. Includes Scripture citations and lectionary numbers for Mass readings.
  • Readings and Psalms for the Month. Scripture readings for daily Mass. Uses the New American Bible.
• Universalis. Liturgy of the Hours. Latin Rite Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer, Compline, (partial) Office of Readings; and supplementary information. Also has a general calendar, and local calendars for many English-speaking countries.
• Vatican II, Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on Sacred Liturgy, 1963).
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium, English. [82K text, 28K graphics].
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium, Spanish. [80K text, 3K graphics].
• We Believe! U.S. organization promotes the liturgical reform envisioned by Vatican II. Supports ICEL. News related to liturgy, quarterly newsletter, analysis and commentary on liturgical matters of current concern.
• Tzvee Zahavy, Studies in Jewish Prayer (1990). [388K]. Covers period from 200 B.C.E. to 200 C.E.

Liturgical Music

• Ben Chi, Pipe Organs and Related Topics. Archives for the PIPORG-L Internet mailing list, plus many links of interest to organists.
• Choral Archives. Small but interesting collection of MIDI, finale (.fnl), and Quicktime movie files. Some plain text files for lyrics.
• ChoralNet. Home page for several discussion groups, and points to other online resources for choral music. Available in English, German, French, and Spanish.
• The Church Music & the Kinetic Arts section from Lift Up Your Hearts. A goldmine of categorized links. Sparse annotations, though. [47K text, 12K graphics].
• A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists (1876). [118K]. Hymn texts only.
• The Cyber Hymnal. Hymn texts and MIDI files, together on one page. Organ sound. Listed by title. There are also indexes for special topics. Some pages offer the option of reading a brief biography of the composer.
• Nigel Day, Hymns. Historical background on texts and tunes of selected hymns.
• The Exsultet. Text and RealAudio file, both in English.
• Paul Gerhardt (1607-1676), Hymns. Hymn texts only, in German and English, from one of the great Lutheran hymnwriters.
• William Graeber, Classical Midi Organ Stop! [28K text, 50K graphics]. MIDI files, mostly hymnody. Uses frames, which make it more difficult to find the resources unique to this site. "Pipe Organ" has sequences: most for MIDI organ, a few for sound cards. "Midiscan for Fun" is the primary section for MIDI hymntunes for sound card; these sound like piano. Hymns are listed by title. Also worth investigating is the "Religious MIDI Links" page, which includes the Baptist Hymnal, the Lutheran Hymnal, and the Methodist Hymnal. Most pages automatically begin playing a MIDI file, but a console is provided so that you can adjust the volume or turn the sound off.
• Tad Inoue, Church Music Research Tools. English and Japanese. Frames-dependent. Featuring an extensive bibliography: titles in original languages, annotations in Japanese. Site also has directories of Internet resources related to the study of church music. Inoue, who has earned both the M.Div. and the M.M.--Church Music, is pastor of Hekinan Bible Church, Aichi, Japan.
• Sherman Isbell, How to Use a Split-Leaf Psalter (1997). Review of The Psalms in Metre (Oxford University Press, 1990), 316 pp.
• Rick Kephart, Gregorian Chant Notation. Explains how to read Gregorian chant. Must have graphics capability.
• Martin Luther (1483-1546)
  • The Hymns of Martin Luther (New York, 1883). English and German.
  • Selected Hymns of Martin Luther. English, German, and Latin.
• Music for the Church of God. Virtual hymnal with texts and MIDI files, complete contents of three metrical psalters online, articles related to metrical psalm singing.
• National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Membership organization. Web site features news, job listings, and an electronic mailing list.
• The "O" Antiphons, from the Dominican Antiphonarium, with the Christmas Proclamation. For each of the Great O Antiphons, this site provides an image of Gregorian chant notation with Latin text, an (unfortunately unsingable) English translation, and a RealAudio file of the Latin.
• Prayer and Song. From Taizé. Notation, MIDI files for four-part singing, MP3 clips.
• Thomas Ravenscroft, The Whole Booke of Psalmes: With the Hymnes Evangelicall, and Songs Spiritvall. Scanned page images of Ravenscroft's psalter of 1621.
• Sacred Congregation of Rites, Musicam sacram (Instruction on Music in the Liturgy). 5 Mar. 1967.
• Willy Schuyesmans, Gregorian Chant. Of particular interest are the bibliography (which includes a discography) and "Gregorian chant on the Net." In Dutch, English, French, and Portuguese.
• William Walker, Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New ed. (1847). The classic of American shape-note singing. Scores scanned in .gif format, in two sizes. Includes texts and MIDI files (organ sound), so that you can see the lyrics or the score while listening to the music. Can search by hymn tune, first line, last name of composer, or meter.

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