Newly published, The Post-Vatican II Reform of the Lectionary: The Schemata of Group XI offers an English translation by Matthew Hazell of the Latin and French schemata of Group XI in their entirety—the first time, in fact, that the complete documentation for any of the Consilium study groups has been made available in translation. The process of the reform of the lectionary can thus be traced through the various draft orders of readings as well as the debates among the members and consultors.
Hazell's detailed and masterly introduction contextualises the reforms within the history of the 20th-century Liturgical Movement and the Second Vatican Council. The introduction alone is a major addition to the scholarly literature, followed by a comprehensive bibliography of secondary sources ranging over many languages.
By making the primary source documentation more accessible to all, this volume of 512 pages contributes to further critical study and exploration of the Novus Ordo lectionary and the post-Vatican II liturgical reforms more generally, as well as to ongoing discussion of how closely the Consilium's work reflects the will of the Council Fathers.
It is surprising how much information is only now emerging about the enormous undertaking of liturgical reform at the Vatican in the 1960s and 1970s. Until recently we did not have ready access to eyewitness accounts of how things went "behind closed doors"; then the valuable memoirs of such participants as Louis Bouyer, Boniface Luykx, and Ferdinando Antonelli were published, shedding new light on the proceedings.
This new volume from Os Justi Press continues the work of historical investigation and analysis.
This new volume from Os Justi Press continues the work of historical investigation and analysis.
"The reader will find a treasure trove of information and insight into the mind and workings of Coetus XI. Hazell's introduction is a refreshing summary, reporting different points of view without being limited to the common narrative. A comprehensive bibliography allows those interested to further their studies and the appendices provide additional pertinent historical documents. Hazell is to be commended for making the sources available. In this way, the reader has the necessary tools with which to make informed judgments about this important aspect of the life of the Church."
—Dom Cassian Folsom, OSB, Professor of Liturgical Books, Pontifical Institute of Liturgy, Sant'Anselmo, Rome
—Dom Cassian Folsom, OSB, Professor of Liturgical Books, Pontifical Institute of Liturgy, Sant'Anselmo, Rome
"With this volume, Matthew Hazell fills a conspicuous and long-standing gap in liturgical scholarship. The revision of the Mass lectionary, despite its enormous consequences for Catholic worship, has remained strangely obscure—its committee debates, drafts, and decisions known only in fragments. Hazell reconstructs that history in exhaustive detail and, crucially, supplies English translations of the schemas and official notes in their entirety. It is difficult to imagine future research on the three-year lectionary that does not begin here."
—Rev. Matthew S. C. Olver, Senior Lecturer in Liturgics, Nashotah House Theological Seminary
—Rev. Matthew S. C. Olver, Senior Lecturer in Liturgics, Nashotah House Theological Seminary
"A growing number of scholars have turned their attention to exactly what took place within the body charged to implement the Council's constitution on the liturgy. Matthew Hazell is to be congratulated for this important contribution to that scholarship and to the ability to distinguish between the reform desired by the Council and that which was in fact promulgated in its name."
—Dom Alcuin Reid, Prior, Monastère Saint-Benoît, Brignoles, France
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