For the christian, sunday is above all an easter celebration, wholly illumined by the glory of the risen christ. Memoriale domini, the instruction on the manner of administering holy communion. She professes this in the creed which is called nicene constantinopolitan from the name of the two councilsof nicaea a. The bull was issued on april 1059 and caused major reforms in the system of papal election, most notably establishing the cardinalbishops as the sole electors of the pope, with the consent of minor clergy. This document has enormous historical significance since it addresses the critical problem of the prevailing sunday profanation. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In the five chapters that follow, he develops these themes and at the same time presents a rich theological mosaic of the day of the lord he uses at least 25 different images to describe. In the name of the lord is a papal bull written by pope nicholas ii and a canon of the council of rome.
Sunday is a celebration of the new creation of christ, the redemption of all creation. The congregation for divine worship on may 29, 1969. In this doctrine, pope john paul encourages the catholic population to rediscover the meaning behind keeping the lords day holy. In this official decree from the vatican, the pope declared that the nations should enact national sunday laws. Documento pdf ams acta universita di bologna mafiadoc. In our quotations from this document, in one instance we changed a vatican bracket to a parenthesis, but we have noted where we did it. If we follow the order of the weeks, sunday is the first day of the week, monday the second, tuesday the third, etc. Please keep craig, his widow, margie, and their daughter in your prayers.
Commentary given during a press conference for the presentation of the papal document at the holy see press office on july 7 th 1998 and published in the osservatore romano on july 8th. In this doctrine, pope john paul encourages the catholic population to rediscover the meaning behind keeping the lords day holy pope john paul ii explains the meaning of the sunday in the light of christian tradition. To celebrate sunday is to make present the graces of the paschal mystery. Brother andre marie my good friend, and a jewish convert to catholicism, craig silverman, died yesterday good friday. The lords day as sunday was called from apostolic times has always been accorded special. Pope john paul ii explains the meaning of the sunday in the light of christian tradition. Neste documento, o papa joao paulo incentiva a populacao catolica a redescobrir o significado por tras da santificacao do dia do senhor. In the introduction to this wonderful treat ment of the lords day, the pope expressed three hopes. On pages 22 to 23 sections 64 to 67, of the 37page papal letter, will be found a. Introduction 1 that our joy may be complete 2 from dei verbum to the synod on the word of god 3 the synod of bishops on the word of god 4 the prologue of johns gospel as a. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. You will here find a reprint of the official english translation of that document.