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Article: The Week of Salvation: History and Traditions of Holy Week
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- The Catholic Historical Review
- Article date:
- October 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Catholic University of America Press Oct 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The Week of Salvation: History and Traditions of Holy Week. By James Monti. (Huntington, Indiana: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division. 1993. Pp. 447.$19.95.)
This is a very useful history of the Holy Week services of the Catholic Church down to and including the present rites. It is mainly concerned with the Roman liturgy, but also covers the Byzantine and other eastern rites, and the non-Roman western rites used in such places as Milan, Lyons, and Toledo. It also includes descriptions of popular devotions in various countries.
Until the recent reform of the Roman liturgy, the popular devotions of Holy Week were probably more important than the liturgical services. Of course, people had ...