Research guides: Catholic Liturgy: Documents of the Magisterium

Documents of the Magisterium - Retrospective

Each of these works collects English translations of major documents on the liturgy, both theological and canonical. Most of the texts included were published by departments of the Holy See. The official Latin editions of many of these documents (up to 1993) can be found in the Enchiridion documentorum instaurationis liturgicae.

The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource.
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Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2012-2013. 4 volumes.
The 1991 edition of this work is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
The New Liturgy: A Documentation, 1903–1965.
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Edited by R. Kevin Seasoltz.
New York: Herder and Herder, 1966.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.
Documents on the Liturgy, 1963–1979: Conciliar, Papal, and Curial Texts.
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Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1982.
For print version locations, see the UofT Library Catalogue.
The online version is available on the Internet Archive, a trusted source, but one for which it is necessary to create a free account and login.

Documents of the Magisterium - Current

Thirty-Five Years of the BCL Newsletter.
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Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2004. [1965-2000].
Ten Years of the Newsletter, 2001-2010.
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Washington, DC: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2011.
Since 1965, the Bishops Committee on the Liturgy of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a monthly newsletter. It reprints or summarizes important liturgical documents, and also publishes advisory opinions on liturgical matters.
Notitiae.
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1965 – present.
The bi-monthly publication of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. Includes official documents as well as important critical studies.
Origins.
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A weekly publication which re-prints important pronouncements and speeches by the pope and other major Catholic leaders. Detailed author and subject indexes in the back of each annual volume.