Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IV, 1950 Liturgy

Communio

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Also known as: Latin: antiphona ad communionem

COMMUNIO. - It is the antiphon that in the solemn Mass is sung by the choir after the Communion of the celebrant; in all Masses it is simply read by the celebrant himself. In ancient times it was sung during the distribution of Communion to the faithful, interspersed with the verses of a psalm. Little by little, the psalm was shortened until it disappeared entirely, so that only the antiphon remained, in which some thought of the day or of the feast being celebrated is summarized; a vestige of the ancient use has remained only in the Mass for the dead. In the Ambrosian liturgy it is called transitorium.

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BIBL.: I. Schuster, Liber Sacramentorum, I, 3rd ed., Turin 1932, p. 100; III, ibid. 1933, p. 70; G. Destefani, La Messa nella liturgia romana, ibid. 1935, pp. 307, 751 ff.

Filippo Oppenheim

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), coll. 70–71.

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Oppenheim, Filippo. “Communio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, coll. 70–71. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/communio.

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Oppenheim, Filippo. “Communio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 70–71. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/communio.

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@incollection{ec4_communio,
  author    = {Oppenheim, Filippo},
  title     = {Communio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {70--71},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/communio}
}

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