Sacrosanctum Concilium

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Catholic magisterial document Constitution of the Second Vatican Council conciliar document liturgical constitution

Sacrosanctum Concilium is the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, which initiated major reforms in Catholic worship, including greater use of vernacular languages and active participation by the laity.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia 1
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy 1
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic magisterial document ⓘ
Constitution of the Second Vatican Council ⓘ
conciliar document ⓘ
liturgical constitution ⓘ
affects Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Divine Office

Roman Rite ⓘ
surface form: Roman Rite of the Catholic Church

celebration of the Mass ⓘ
celebration of the sacraments ⓘ
aimsTo adapt the liturgy to the needs of modern times ⓘ
foster liturgical renewal ⓘ
promote active participation of the faithful in the liturgy ⓘ
approvedBy Second Vatican Council ⓘ
articleCountApproximate 130 ⓘ
authorityScope universal Church ⓘ
surface form: universal Catholic Church
belongsTo corpus of Vatican II constitutions ⓘ
callsFor greater use of Scripture in the liturgy ⓘ
liturgical formation of clergy and laity ⓘ
restoration of elements of the early Christian liturgy ⓘ
revision of liturgical books ⓘ
simplification of liturgical rites ⓘ
dateOfPromulgation 1963-12-04 ⓘ
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Latin Rite ⓘ
surface form: Latin Church
emphasizes the Paschal Mystery as the center of the liturgy ⓘ
the communal nature of liturgical celebration ⓘ
the importance of sacred art and architecture ⓘ
the importance of sacred music ⓘ
the role of the bishop as chief liturgist of the diocese ⓘ
encourages use of vernacular languages in the liturgy ⓘ
hasCanonicalStatus dogmatic constitution on liturgy in the broad sense of authoritative teaching ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
hasLatinTitle Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia
influenced Liturgy of the Hours ⓘ
surface form: Liturgy of the Hours reform

Missale Romanum ⓘ
surface form: Missale Romanum of 1969

introduction of new lectionary ⓘ
post–Vatican II liturgical reforms ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
openingWords Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sacrosanctum Concilium de sacra Liturgia
partOf Second Vatican Council ⓘ
placeOfPromulgation St. Peter's Basilica ⓘ
surface form: St. Peter’s Basilica
promulgatedBy Pope Paul VI ⓘ
regulates use of Latin in the liturgy ⓘ
use of vernacular languages in the liturgy ⓘ
relatedDocument Dei Verbum ⓘ
Gaudium et Spes ⓘ
Lumen Gentium ⓘ
subject Catholic worship ⓘ
reform of the Roman Rite ⓘ
sacred liturgy ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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

Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite → basedOnDocument → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
General Roman Calendar → describedIn → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Inter Mirifica → follows → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
Sacrosanctum Concilium → hasEnglishTitle → Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Sacrosanctum Concilium → hasLatinTitle → Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitutio de Sacra Liturgia
Mass of Paul VI → influencedBy → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
this entity surface form: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium
Sacrosanctum Concilium → openingWords → Sacrosanctum Concilium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sacrosanctum Concilium de sacra Liturgia
Second Vatican Council → producedDocument → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ
Lumen Gentium → relatedToDocument → Sacrosanctum Concilium ⓘ