Joint Liturgical Studies 77: Liturgical Language and Translation

by Thomas O'Loughlin

When Vatican II provided (to universal astonishment) that worship might be conducted in the vernacular, there immediately arose the question for English-speakers: What will our vernacular language of liturgy be like? In the event the Church devised a process by which an 'International Commission on English in the Liturgy' (ICEL) drafted translations, and they were then approved by the appropriate authorities in Rome. Thus the first official texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848256256
• ISBN13: 9781848256255
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Hymns Ancient & Modern
• Length: 60 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.8" x 8.3"