Ordinary of the Mass

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liturgical component part of the Mass set of liturgical chants set of liturgical texts

The Ordinary of the Mass is the set of unchanging texts and chants in the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy, including parts like the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Ordinary of the Mass canonical	6
Mass Ordinary	4
Order of Mass	4
Canon of the Mass	1
Order of the Mass	1
Roman Catholic Mass Ordinary	1
Structure of the Mass	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1236947 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ordinary of the Mass
Context triple: [Agnus Dei, liturgicalContext, Ordinary of the Mass]

A. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic devotional service in which the consecrated Eucharist is exposed for adoration and used to impart a blessing to the faithful.
B. Eucharistic Prayer
The Eucharistic Prayer is the central, solemn prayer of thanksgiving and consecration in the Christian liturgy, during which the bread and wine are offered and believed to become the Body and Blood of Christ.
C. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
D. Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite is the standard post–Vatican II form of the Catholic Mass, celebrated in the vernacular or Latin according to the liturgical reforms of Pope Paul VI.
E. Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ordinary of the Mass
Target entity description: The Ordinary of the Mass is the set of unchanging texts and chants in the Roman Catholic Eucharistic liturgy, including parts like the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.

A. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament is a Roman Catholic devotional service in which the consecrated Eucharist is exposed for adoration and used to impart a blessing to the faithful.
B. Eucharistic Prayer
The Eucharistic Prayer is the central, solemn prayer of thanksgiving and consecration in the Christian liturgy, during which the bread and wine are offered and believed to become the Body and Blood of Christ.
C. Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts is a solemn Eastern Christian service, celebrated mainly on weekdays of Great Lent, in which Holy Communion is distributed from previously consecrated Eucharistic gifts without a full Eucharistic consecration.
D. Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite
The Ordinary Form of the Roman Rite is the standard post–Vatican II form of the Catholic Mass, celebrated in the vernacular or Latin according to the liturgical reforms of Pope Paul VI.
E. Tridentine Mass
The Tridentine Mass is the traditional Latin liturgy of the Roman Catholic Church codified in the 16th century and used as its standard form of the Mass for several centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	liturgical component ⓘ part of the Mass ⓘ set of liturgical chants ⓘ set of liturgical texts ⓘ
appliesTo	Mass throughout the liturgical year ⓘ
associatedWith	Gregorian chant ⓘ
centralTo	Catholic musical tradition ⓘ
characteristic	texts remain substantially the same from day to day ⓘ
contrastedWith	Proper of the Mass ⓘ
developedInContextOf	Western Christianity ⓘ
hasCanonicalSource	Roman Missal ⓘ linked to: Missale Romanum
hasComponentOrder	Kyrie–Gloria–Credo–Sanctus–Agnus Dei ⓘ
hasMusicalSource	Graduale Romanum ⓘ
includesPart	Agnus Dei ⓘ Credo ⓘ Dominus vobiscum responses ⓘ Gloria ⓘ Kyrie ⓘ Sanctus ⓘ dialogues between priest and congregation ⓘ
influenced	Western art music ⓘ
isBasisFor	many Mass compositions by classical composers ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ vernacular languages after Second Vatican Council ⓘ
liturgicalFunction	forms core of sung Mass settings ⓘ provides stable framework of the Mass ⓘ
musicalForm	chant ⓘ congregational hymn settings ⓘ polyphonic settings ⓘ
performedBy	choir ⓘ congregation ⓘ deacon ⓘ priest ⓘ
religiousTradition	Roman Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
revisedBy	Second Vatican Council ⓘ
timePeriodStandardized	Tridentine reform of the 16th century ⓘ
usedIn	Eucharistic liturgy ⓘ Roman Rite ⓘ
variesBy	language of celebration ⓘ musical setting ⓘ
variesLessThan	Proper of the Mass ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Agnus Dei → liturgicalContext → Ordinary of the Mass ⓘ

Agnus Dei → belongsToPart → Ordinary of the Mass ⓘ

Low Mass → hasPart → Canon of the Mass ⓘ