Roman Canon

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The Roman Canon is the traditional central Eucharistic prayer of the Roman Rite, used for centuries as the fixed core of the Catholic Mass.

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Label Occurrences
Roman Canon canonical 7

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Eucharistic prayer
liturgical text
part of the Mass
addressedTo the Father
surface form: God the Father
approvedBy Council of Trent (as part of the Roman Missal)
codifiedIn Missale Romanum
surface form: Missale Romanum of Pope Pius V
contains Words of Institution
lists of saints
prayers of offering
prayers of supplication
hasPart Communicantes
Doxology Per ipsum
Hanc igitur
Memento etiam (for the dead)
Memento, Domine (for the living)
Nobis quoque peccatoribus
Per quem haec omnia
Quam oblationem
Qui pridie
Supplices te rogamus
Supra quae
Te igitur
Unde et memores
hasRole central Eucharistic prayer of the Roman Rite
fixed core of the Catholic Mass
invokes God the Holy Spirit
surface form: Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ
language Latin
liturgicalFunction anamnesis
consecration of bread and wine
doxology
intercession for the living and the dead
liturgicalPosition said during the Liturgy of the Eucharist
mentions Apostles
Virgin Mary
surface form: Blessed Virgin Mary

Roman martyrs
officialName Eucharistic Prayer
surface form: Eucharistic Prayer I

Eucharistic Prayer
surface form: Prex Eucharistica I
recitationStyle traditionally recited silently or in a low voice by the priest
theologyEmphasis commemoration of saints and the dead
propitiatory nature of the Eucharist
sacrificial character of the Mass
timePeriod in continuous use since at least the early Middle Ages
traditionalUse used for many centuries as the only Eucharistic prayer of the Roman Rite
usedBy Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
usedIn Tridentine Mass
surface form: Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
surface form: Mass according to the 1970 Roman Missal

Latin Rite
surface form: Roman Rite

Tridentine Mass

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tridentine Mass contains Roman Canon
Mass of St. Pius V containsElement Roman Canon
Eucharistic Prayer hasVariant Roman Canon
Communicantes partOf Roman Canon
Anaphora hasExample Roman Canon
subject surface form: Anaphora (Eucharistic prayer)