Feast of the Most Precious Blood
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The Feast of the Most Precious Blood is a former Roman Catholic liturgical celebration honoring the saving power of Christ’s blood shed in the Passion.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic feast
ⓘ
Christian feast ⓘ liturgical feast ⓘ |
| associatedDevotion | Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Litanies of the Precious Blood
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ⓘ
indulgenced prayers to the Precious Blood ⓘ |
| celebratedBy |
Latin Church
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ⓘ
traditionalist Catholic communities ⓘ |
| celebratedOn | 1 July ⓘ |
| celebrationType | Mass and Divine Office ⓘ |
| commemorates |
Passion of Jesus Christ
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ⓘ
saving power of Christ’s blood ⓘ |
| currentStatusInPostVaticanIICalendar | not observed as a distinct feast in the ordinary form ⓘ |
| dateType | fixed date ⓘ |
| devotionalMonthAssociation | July as month of the Precious Blood ⓘ |
| devotionalPurpose |
to deepen devotion to the Passion and the Eucharist
ⓘ
to encourage reparation for sins ⓘ to foster gratitude for Christ’s redemptive sacrifice ⓘ |
| extendedToUniversalChurchBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperMassTexts | Missal of the Roman Rite (pre‑Vatican II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasProperOffice | Roman Breviary (pre‑Vatican II) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honors | Most Precious Blood of Jesus Christ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Pope Pius IX NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf |
General Roman Calendar (historical)
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ⓘ
Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageVariant |
Italian: Festa del Preziosissimo Sangue di Nostro Signore Gesù Cristo
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Latin: Festum Pretiosissimi Sanguinis Domini Nostri Iesu Christi NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish: Fiesta de la Preciosísima Sangre de Nuestro Señor Jesucristo ⓘ |
| linkedTo |
Eucharistic theology
ⓘ
devotion to the Passion of Christ ⓘ devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus ⓘ |
| liturgicalColor | red ⓘ |
| liturgicalFocus | redemption through the Blood of Christ ⓘ |
| liturgicalRank | double of the second class (historical classification) ⓘ |
| observedIn | Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originContext | 19th-century Roman Catholic Church ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
| scripturalBasis | New Testament references to the blood of Christ ⓘ |
| scripturalTheme |
“This is my blood of the covenant” (Synoptic Gospels)
ⓘ
“You were ransomed…with the precious blood of Christ” (1 Peter 1:18–19) ⓘ “the blood of Jesus…cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:7) ⓘ |
| statusInRomanCalendar | suppressed as a separate feast ⓘ |
| theologicalTheme |
atonement for sins
ⓘ
redemptive suffering of Christ ⓘ sacrifice of Christ ⓘ value of Christ’s blood in salvation ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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