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Chapter V: And since the nature of man is such that he cannot without external means be raised easily to meditation on divine things, holy mother Church has instituted certain rites, namely, that some things in the mass be pronounced in a low tone and others in a louder tone. She has likewise, in accordance with apostolic discipline and tradition, made use of ceremonies, such as mystical blessings, lights, incense, vestments, and many other things of this kind, whereby both the majesty of so great a sacrifice might be emphasized and the minds of the faithful excited by those visible signs of religion and piety to the contemplation of those most sublime things which are hidden in this sacrifice.

Canon VII: If anyone says that the ceremonies, vestments, and outward signs which the Catholic Church uses in the celebration of masses, are incentives to impiety rather than stimulants to piety, let him be anathema!

— Council of Trent
Session XXII: Doctrine Concerning the Sacrifice of the Mass

Young pomponiards

Chinese altar servers

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Brief legal analysis of “Traditionis custodes”

[Translation in progress]

De bello liturgico

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And this is what Poland is / Tota pulchra et pretiosa

Wawel monstrance

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Msgr Gromier

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De causa Cardinalis Gulbinowicz

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Privilegiati / Religious orders and congregations

Diplomat-abbot

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Quebec

Adoro te devote, latens Deitas, quae sub his figuris vere latitas: tibi se cor meum totum subiicit, quia te contemplans […]

Tota pulchra et pretiosa

Retablo Mayor de Sevilla

The largest reredos in the world which is located in the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See in Seville. […]

And this is what Poland is

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