Rituale Romanum
Rituale Romanum
That book which contains the prayers and ceremonies to be used by the minister in the administration of the sacraments and sacramentals, especially those included in the Gelasianum, Alcuin’s Appendix to the Gregorianum and the Ordines. The need for such a manual arose in the early Church; the first instance of such a collection is the “Liber Ordinum,” which dates from the latter half of the 7th century. In the 10th and 11th centuries these manuals became more general in the form of the Pontifical for bishops, and the Ritual for priests; the early Roman Manual did not strictly separate the episcopal from the priestly functions. Rituals for the secular clergy date only from the 14th century, and these, in a large degree, were compilations of the individual priests: Official diocesan rituals appeared only at the end of the 15th century. They are called Manualia, Liber Benedictionum, Agenda, Ritual, Pastoral, Sacerdotal. The publication of the first official Roman Ritual was ordered by Pope Paul V in the year 1614. This was revised by Pope Benedict XIV in 1742 and re-edited by Pope Leo XIII in 1884. The last official publication adapted to the New Code of Canon Law is by Pope Pius XI in 1925.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Rituale Romanum
Various rituals (ordines Romani) had been issued from time to time in behalf of the worship of the Roman Catholic Church, SEE ORDO ROMANUS; but the later popes, since the Council of I Trent (comp. sess. 25, De Indice Librorum) were concerned to promote ecclesiastical unity by introducing a common ritual. Pius V accordingly published the Breviarium and the Missale Romanum, and Clement VIII the Pontificale and Ceremoniale (see the respective articles); and Paul V followed their example by causing certain cardinals to compile a new service book from several of the older rituals, especially that of cardinal Julius Antonius (Sanctoe Severinoe), which was issued under the title Rituale Romanum, June 16, 1614, and its use made obligatory. It contains the sacraments to be administered by priests, sacramentalia, processions, forms, for use in records of the Church, etc. Other service books gradually gave way before it in the general use of the Church, though special books were still prepared, particularly for use in the churches in the city of Rome. See Catalani, Sacrarum Coeremoniarum, etc. (Rome, 1750, 2 vols. fol.).