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.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Eucharistic prayer
liturgical text
part of the Mass
addressedTo God the Father
approvedBy Council of Trent (as part of the Roman Missal)
codifiedIn 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 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
Blessed Virgin Mary
Roman martyrs
officialName Eucharistic Prayer I
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 Catholic Church
usedIn Mass according to the 1962 Roman Missal
Mass according to the 1970 Roman Missal
Roman Rite
Tridentine Mass

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