Roman Canon

The first Eucharistic Prayer, called the Roman Canon, written in the Fourth Century, distinguishes between the servants - "we Thy servants" - and "plebs tua sancta" "Thy holy people"; therefore, it wills a distinction, it speaks of servants and of plebs sancta, and the expression "People of God" expresses all together in their being the Church in common.

Archive 2009-05-01 2009

Carlsruhe and Piacenza fragments and the Stowe and Bobbio Missals, that is to say a Roman Canon with some features of a non-Roman type came into general use.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The first great turning point in the history of the Roman Canon is the exclusive use of the Latin language.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

It was only when I discovered the spiritual formation that accompanied the celebration of the usus antiquior that I realised the importance of the mementos in the Roman Canon.

Go forth, Christian soul... 2009

Soon after this date, however, the central portion of the Roman Canon, which has survived (with some linguistic variations) to this day, was quoted by St Ambrose (who died in 397) in his De Sacramentis.

Archive 2008-01-06 de Brantigny........................ 2008

Soon after this date, however, the central portion of the Roman Canon, which has survived (with some linguistic variations) to this day, was quoted by St Ambrose (who died in 397) in his De Sacramentis.

THE PLAIN MAN'S GUIDE TO LATIN IN THE LITURGY de Brantigny........................ 2008

A question that can only be answered by conjecture is that of the relation between the Roman Canon and any of the other ancient liturgical Anaphoras.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Gregory the most important event in the history of the Roman Canon is, not any sort of change in it, but the rapid way in which it spread all over the West, displacing the Gallican Liturgy.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

If the diptychs are read after the way has been opened by the holy mysteries, the Roman Canon must follow the same order as the Church of Antioch, and at any rate place the "Commemoratio vivorum" after the Consecration.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

But the Roman Canon shows perhaps more likeness to that of Antioch in its formulæ.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913