A classic study of the history of the Roman liturgy from the pen of Adrian Fortescue, one of the best liturgical scholars of the English-speaking world.

Part 1: the origin (various theories) and development of the Mass in general; the Eucharist in the first three Centuries. The Parent Rites and their Descendants; the Origin of the Roman Rite; the Mass since St. Gregory the Great.

Part 2 covers the Mass as we know it, adding notes to each prayer and ceremony. Bibliography for further study.

438 pp. Softcover.