The History of the Liturgical Use of the "Professio fidei" in the Hispanic Mass
Abstract
The Hispanic Mass was the first among all Western liturgical traditions to welcome the Symbol of Faith within the ritual sequence. The Professio fidei, still present in the rite of the Hispanic-Mozarabic Mass, renewed after the Second Vatican Council, is characterized not only by the retention of the plural at the beginning (Credimus in place of Credo known in the Roman rite), corresponding to the conciliar text, but also by its specific ritual placement, before the prayer of the Our Father. The present contribution, beginning with a critical study of the sources, offers a historical look at the genesis and development of the liturgical use of the Symbol of Faith in the Hispanic Mass. Based on the insights of the methods of comparative liturgy it also intends to offer a broader context of the process of the evolution of liturgical rites. The study conducted with scientific criteria was also able to challenge, among other things, the idea of the ordinary presence of the Professio fidei in the history of the Hispanic Mass from the time of its appearance toward the end of the 6th century.
Keywords:
Hispanic Mass, Professio fidei, History of the Liturgy, Comparative Liturgy, Hispano-Mozarabic LiturgyReferences
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Rev. Łukasz Celiński, presbyter of the Diocese of Siedlce. Doctor of Sacred Liturgy at the Pontifical Institute of St. Anselm in Rome (2020). Assistant professor at the Catholic Academy in Warsaw.
He has published, among others: 2020. I riti che seguono l’anafora nella messa in Occidente. Studio di liturgia comparata. Zürich: Lit; 2022. “Messale papale di Clemente V (1305-1314) (ms. Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, McClean 51). Testo con appunti sul contesto.” In Studi sulle fonti della liturgia romana. Messale-Lezionario-Pontificale/Studies on the Sources of the Roman Liturgy. Missal-Lectionary-Pontifical, edited by Dominik Jurczak and Markus Tymister, 85-198. Napoli: Editrice Domenicana Italiana; 2024. “Principali commenti medievali alla messa romana fino al XII secolo: autori e tipologia.” Warszawskie Studia Teologiczne 37 (1): 40-58. His research focuses on the history of liturgical books and the history of the liturgy with a special emphasis on the method of the comparative liturgy. He teaches liturgy at the Catholic Academy in Warsaw, the Higher Seminary of the Diocese of Siedlce and the Theological Institute in Siedlce.
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