Liturgical changes

Liturgical Changes

Both critics and supporters alike of the 1962 liturgical books tend to equate them with the books published after the Council of Trent by Pius V and his immediate successors. Differences over the next four centuries are generally glossed over and the 'Tridentine' rite described as "identical" apart from minor "rubrical" or "calendar" changes to that found in the books published during the opening session of the Second Vatican Council. These claims ignore the effect the rubrics and Calendar have on the celebration of any given liturgical rite. The Word file for each month, confining itself to the Office and Mass, aims to explore the veracity of the "unchanging rite" hypothesis.