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How New Is the New Traditional Wedding Preface?

On March 25, the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith issued Quo Magis, which, among other things, added an optional preface (de Nuptiis) to the traditional wedding Mass (Missa pro Sponso et Sponsa). The announcement read (emphasis added):

Finally, special note should be taken of the Preface de Nuptiis, which together with the long Nuptial Blessing still in use in Masses pro Sponsis, is to be found — with minor variations — in early Sacramentaries such as the Gelasianum Vetus or the Gregorianum. This ancient Preface, already existing in the forma ordinaria, may therefore now be used in the forma extraordinaria as well.

The announcement made the important distinction that while this to-be-released Praefatio de Nuptiis was a new option, the preface itself is not new. The Praefatio de Nuptiis, so they say, can be found not only in the Novus Ordo, but also in the ancient Gelasian and Gregorian Sacramentaries.

Praise the Lord

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