Proper (liturgy)

As the Proper (Latin: " one's own ", " the essence " ) are referred to changing elements of Christian worship after the church year ( de tempore ) or occasion. In contrast, the Ordinary of the Mass includes the constant parts of the liturgy.

The Proper of the Mass

The Proper Mass in the liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church calls Ordinary Mass in contrast to the changing according to the church year or the occasion parts of the Mass.

One case is different:

• Proprium de tempore: according to the needs of the church year changing texts.

• Proprium sanctorum also proprium de Sanctis: the changing according to the Holy feasts texts.

For the Proper of the Mass include the following elements:

If two readings argued before the Gospel, comes the first of the Old Testament, the second of the Acts of the Apostles, one of the New Testament epistles, or Revelation of John. With only one reading it is taken from the Old Testament or the New Testament writings mentioned. At Easter time, both readings are taken from the New Testament.

Introit, Gradual, Alleluia or Tract, Sequence, Offertory and Communion are the parts that are traditionally sung by a schola, a choir or the congregation. You can also be replaced by hymns. These parts are the Proper Mass in the church musical sense. Most of the major classical musical settings ( orchestral masses ) of the Fair apply only to the Ordinary. An exception is the funeral Mass, the Requiem, with the setting of both the Ordinary and the Proper of. More recently, there are some Propriumsvertonungen.

The Proper of the Protestant service

In the Lutheran liturgy includes the Proper of the rule:

• Proper
• Liturgical Studies