Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Liturgy Various topics

Agenda

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AGENDA. - A Latin word meaning "that which must be done." Originally it was used in liturgy to indicate the Canon of the Mass and also the whole Mass, according to canon 9 of the Council of Carthage (390): "Ab universis Episcopis dictum est: quisquis presbyter, si inconsulto episcopo, agendam in quolibet loco voluerit celebrare, ipse honori suo contrarius ecaxit." Subsequently it indicated the whole of the office and the prayers for the dead: a. mortuorum. Later, collections of prayers and ceremonies for the administration of the sacraments, and of the sacramentals, etc., also came to be called thus (v. RITUALE).

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 445.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Agenda.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 445. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agenda.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Agenda.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 445. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agenda.

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@incollection{ec1_agenda,
  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Agenda},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {445},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agenda}
}

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