Proprium (liturgy)

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The elements of the liturgy ( own texts ) that change according to the church year or occasion are designated as proprium ( Latin : “the own”, “the peculiar”) . In contrast, the ordinarium comprises the same parts of the liturgy.

The liturgical peculiarities of a particular church ( diocese , region, country, religious order ) compared to the general church are also referred to as the proprium of this particular church; it can refer to rites , own texts, festive calendars and own celebrations .

Roman Catholic Church

Every liturgical day has its peculiar parts, which correspond to the occasion or the situation in the church year. The liturgical books ( missal and book of hours ) are divided into several sections: the Proprium de Tempore contains the texts that change according to the requirements of the church year with Sundays , weekdays and gentlemen's festivals , the Proprium Sanctorum , also Proprium de Sanctis , the texts that change with the holy feasts . The books are supplemented by the texts of the celebrations of the individual churches.

The proprium of the particular churches take precedence over the proprium of the whole church when events of equal priority come together. This is intended to promote “a lively variety of liturgical celebrations against any inappropriate uniformity”.

The proprium in Holy Mass

First page of the Schleswig missal from 1486 with the proprium for the first Sunday in Advent

In contrast to the Ordinarium missae, the Proprium missae or Proprium missarum in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church denotes the parts of Holy Mass that change according to the church year, occasion or concern . Another name for the entirety of the liturgical texts from a particular celebration is the Mass form .

The proprium of the fair traditionally includes the following elements:

In the liturgy renewed after the Second Vatican Council , occasional insertions are also possible in the respective prayer . The intercessory prayer of the faithful , which has been revived after the liturgical reform, can also be event-oriented; the Kyrie calls for opening can be expanded to include corresponding invocations.

If two readings are given before the Gospel, the first comes from the Old Testament , the second from the Acts of the Apostles , one of the New Testament letters or the Revelation of John . If there is only one reading, it is taken from the Old Testament or one of the aforementioned New Testament scriptures. During Easter, both readings are taken from the New Testament.

Introit, gradual, hallelujah or tract, sequence, offertory and communion are the parts that can traditionally be sung by a schola, a choir or the community. They can also be replaced by hymns. These parts form the proprium missae in the sense of church music. Most of the great classical settings ( orchestral masses) of the mass only concern the ordinarium. An exception is the funeral mass, the Requiem , with the setting of both the Ordinarium and parts of the Proprium. Lately there have also been some proprium settings.

The various texts of the proprium are often related to one another in terms of content, for example the sung parts take up words from the Gospel, so that the festive secret is condensed and unfolded. As a result of the liturgical reforms in the second half of the 20th century, the options for the liturgical texts and design options in a holy mass were significantly expanded, so that from a strict division of the mass chants into ordinarium and proprium “as a design requirement of two stand-alone and each uniform repertoire cycles to be carried out "can no longer be spoken, according to liturgical scholar Markus Eham , but a distinction between liturgical" elements with the character of an ordinarium or a proprium "is more appropriate.

The texts of the mass proprium are recorded in the missal for the respective rite . In addition, there are regional measurement forms for the dioceses and countries' own festivals . The biblical readings and answer chants are recorded in the Mass lesson .

The Proprium in the Liturgy of the Hours

In addition to the proprium for Holy Mass, there is also a proprium for celebrating the Liturgy of the Hours . These are the antiphons , the hymns and the short readings , as well as the texts of the Commune .

In some cases, the orders also publish their own Proprien with the own texts of the religious festivals and saints.

The proprium in evangelical worship

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The Protestant Service Book contains the following elements, which change according to the church year and occasion and give the service "its special character and character":

an overview for every Sunday or public holiday of the church year:

and as printed texts:

The sequence of the individual pieces can be different. B. can be spoken as an opening (biblical vote), as an antiphon to the psalm or as a mission statement at the end of the service.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Philipp Harnoncourt: Proprium. IV. Liturgical . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 8 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, Sp. 638 f .
  2. ^ Philipp Harnoncourt: Proprium. IV. Liturgical . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 8 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, Sp. 638 f .
  3. ↑ Andreas Heinz : measurement form . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 7 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, Sp. 163 .
  4. ↑ The complete Roman missal - in Latin and German with general and special introductions following the missal by Anselm Schott OSB , Benediktiner der Erzabtei Beuron (Ed.), Herder, 1952, p. 50 *
  5. ^ Markus Eham: Proprium missae . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 8 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, Sp. 640 f .
  6. ↑ General Introduction to the Liturgy of the Hours , nos. 53, 66, 119
  7. ↑ a b Evangelical church service book . 3. Edition. Berlin 2003, p. 240 .