mass went from latin to english in 1967.
mass went from latin to english in 1967.
when did mass go from latin to english?
1967
bullet::::- the first was a 13-minute recording of a full-length "satanic mass" made by the u.s. band coven. coven's satanic mass, part of their stage show beginning in 1967, was expanded and included on their 1969 record album "witchcraft destroys minds & reaps souls", together with the full published text. on the album cover, it is stated that they spent a long time researching the material, and to their knowledge it was the first black mass published in any language. the result was eclectic, drawing chants and material from numerous sources, including two medieval french miracle plays, "le miracle de théophile" and "jeu de saint nicolas", which both contain invocations to the devil in an unknown language. these chants, along with other material on the album, could be found in books on witchcraft popular in the 60s, notably grillot de givry's "witchcraft, magic and alchemy" (originally published in france in 1929). a large portion of the english dialogue was taken verbatim from dennis wheatley's 1960 occult novel, "the satanist", in which the female protagonist is initiated into a satanic cult. additionally, the recording, while using a couple of the latin phrases the church of satan was already making popular, also added a substantial amount of church latin, in the form of gregorian chants sung by the band, to create the genuine effect of the catholic latin mass being inverted and sung to satan.
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the treatise begins with a description of the famous nine altars (ed. surtees soc., p. 7) and of the choir and high altar. the blessed sacrament was reserved in a silver pelican hung over the high altar. a pelican in her piety was assumed as his arms by richard fox (bishop of durham, 1494-1502) and was constantly introduced into monuments built by him (so at winchester and at corpus christi college, oxford). the great paschal candlestick was a conspicuous and splendid feature of easter ritual at durham; it and the rite of the paschal candle are described in chapter iv (ed. cit., p. 10). the office for palm sunday does not differ from that of the sarum rite and the other english uses (ed. cit., p. 179). on maundy thursday there was a procession with st. cuthbert's relics. a special feature of the good friday service was the crucifix taken by two monks from inside a statue of our lady, for the creeping to the cross. on the same day the blessed sacrament was enclosed in a great statue of christ on a side altar and candles were burned before it till easter day. the holy saturday service in the durham missal is given on pp. 185–187 of the surtees society edition. the monks sang the "miserere" while they went in procession to the new fire. when the paschal candle is lit they sing a hymn "inventor rutili", with a verse that is repeated each time. there are only five prophecies, followed by the litanies. when "omnes sancti" is sung those who are to serve the mass go out. the word accendite is said and the candles are lighted. it is repeated three times; at the third repetition the bishop comes out to begin the mass. all the bells ("signa") are rung at the kyrie eleison, the gloria and the alleluia. between three and four o'clock in the morning of easter day the blessed sacrament was brought in procession to the high altar, while they sang the antiphon "christus resurgens ex mortuis, iam non moritur", etc. another statue of christ risen remained on the high altar during easter week. on ascension day, whit-sunday and trinity sunday processions went round the church, on corpus christi round the palace green and on st. mark's day to bow church in the city (chs. lv, lvi). the rogation-days (three cross-daies) also had their processions. in all these the relics of st. bede were carried and the monks appeared in splendid copes. the prior especially wore a cope of cloth of gold so heavy that he could only stand in it when it was supported by "his gentlemen" (ed. cit., p. 85). the prior had the right of wearing a mitre since prior berrington of walworth (ch. lvi, ed. cit., p. 107).
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