tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post753052201365921847..comments2024-03-27T11:27:31.790-05:00Comments on A Catholic Life: A History of Holy Days of Obligation & Fasting for American Catholics: Part 1Matthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-29803147228717231602022-12-29T11:28:51.154-06:002022-12-29T11:28:51.154-06:00Hello and sorry for not seeing your comment until ...Hello and sorry for not seeing your comment until now.<br /><br />The Catholic Encyclopedia provides a concise, high-level overview of Holy Days of Obligation from 1150 to 1791:<br /><br />"The Decree of Gratian (about 1150) mentions forty-one feasts besides the diocesan patronal celebrations; the Decretals of Gregory IX (about 1233) mention forty-five public feasts and Holy Days" It was subsequently reduced in 1642 to the days listed by Pope Urban VIII which took the older list and maintained it. But the most glaring omission is that the days of Holy Week (with the exception of Palm Sunday) ceased being Holy Days of Obligation. Likewise, the days of the Octave of Easter were inserted by Pope Gregory IX in one of his decretals in the thirteenth century. They were gone as Holy Days by the time of 1642 (with the exception of Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday). Those missing days would be added to the 1642 list which is as follows:<br /><br />The 36 Holy Days of Obligation on the Universal Calendar back in 1642 under Pope Urban VIII included:<br /><br />1. Nativity of our Lord<br />2. Circumcision of our Lord<br />3. Epiphany of the Lord<br />4. Monday within the Octave of the Resurrection<br />5. Tuesday within the Octave of the Resurrection<br />6. Ascension<br />7. Monday within the Octave of Pentecost<br />8. Tuesday within the Octave of Pentecost<br />9. Most Holy Trinity<br />10. Most Holy Body of Christ<br />11. Finding of the Holy Cross<br />12. Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />13. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />14. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />15. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary<br />16. Dedication of St. Michael<br />17. Nativity of St. John Baptist<br />18. Ss. Peter and Paul<br />19. St. Andrew<br />20. St. James<br />21. St. John (the December feastday)<br />22. St. Thomas<br />23. Ss. Philip and James<br />24. St. Bartholomew<br />25. St. Matthew<br />26. Ss. Simon and Jude<br />27. St. Matthias<br />28. St. Stephen (the December feastday)<br />29. The Holy Innocents<br />30. St. Lawrence<br />31. St. Sylvester<br />32. St. Joseph<br />33. St. Anne<br />34. All Saints Day<br />35. The Principle Patrons of One’s Country, City, etc.<br /><br />For England specific, there were other days as well. Notable additions in the 1300s would have included the Translation of St. Thomas, St. Nicolas, St. Mary Magdalene and "of the saints to whom every parish church is dedicated, and other feasts enjoined in every diocese by the ordinaries of the places in particular, and of their certain knowledge." Quoted and cited in Archbishop Islip’s list of days of obligation for England here:<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Laws_and_Canons_of_t/cc8QAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Translation+of+St.+Thomas,+st.+mary+magdalen,+st.+james+the+apostle,+assumption+of+the+blessed+virgin+We+therefore+command+you+that+ye+nofify+all+and+singular&pg=PA427&printsec=frontcover" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Collection_of_the_Laws_and_Canons_of_t/cc8QAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Translation+of+St.+Thomas,+st.+mary+magdalen,+st.+james+the+apostle,+assumption+of+the+blessed+virgin+We+therefore+command+you+that+ye+nofify+all+and+singular&pg=PA427&printsec=frontcover</a>Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07929374709032473716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-33097877308900022402022-06-16T17:31:56.521-05:002022-06-16T17:31:56.521-05:00So, I am a little confused, and I would like to kn...So, I am a little confused, and I would like to know exactly which holy days were being celebrated in the 1000-1400 time period. Especially in England. Where would I find that information?Mid-Century Millenialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13876657984029326802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13804788.post-60646857199818149782020-06-12T14:25:34.750-05:002020-06-12T14:25:34.750-05:00Excellent post! Thank you for writing it.
I was ...Excellent post! Thank you for writing it. <br /><br />I was so shocked to read that "All Sundays in Lent," were observed for abstinence from meat that I checked your references. That is very surprising. <br /><br />However, Benedict XIV's encyclical is not entitled "Non Ambiginius" but "Non Ambigimus".Patricius Oenushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241142362528937361noreply@blogger.com