Missal

"The Missal", by John William Waterhouse

In the western-rite Church, the term Missal is used for a text that describes the different types of Mass there are, as well as how to celebrate a given type Mass. Pope Pius V published the first missal for the Roman Catholic Church 1570.

Missal Media

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  A page from the Sherbrooke Missal, one of the earliest surviving missals written in English

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  Seven missals from various liturgical families and denominations

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  The Anglican Missal sitting on an altar desk in an Anglican parish church

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  An excerpt from the Missal of the Sint-Pieters abbey (Ghent), manufactured in the 13th century and preserved in Ghent University Library