Missa bifaciata

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The Missa bifaciata (from Latin to “two-fold” and facies “form, face”, “two-faced mass”) was a form of holy mass , in which the texts of a second mass were inserted during a holy mass, and a missa trifaciata came add a third measurement form.

This practice was common in the late Middle Ages . It was used on days with a liturgical double character, for example when a saint's feast coincided with Sunday, but the celebration of a second Holy Mass was not possible, especially since binations were restricted or even banned in the 11th and 12th centuries . In the Missa bifaciata was at the previous fair , the previous fair the second and possibly third measurement form added one day celebration, after which followed the victim exhibition , in which Secreta and Postcommunio were also recited several times.

The celebrating priest was able to receive multiple mass grants for such a mass . The Council of Trent saw the Missa bifaciata as an abuse and prohibited it.

See also

literature

  • Andreas Heinz: Missa. 2) M. bifaciata or trifaciata . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 7 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1998, Sp. 281 .
  • Hans Bernhard Meyer : Eucharist. History, theology, pastoral care. Regensburg 1989 (Church service. Handbook of Liturgical Science, Part 4), pp. 220.26f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Andreas Jungmann SJ : Missarum Sollemnia. A genetic explanation of the Roman mass. Volume 1, Herder Verlag, Vienna, Freiburg, Basel, 5th edition 1962, pp. 292f.