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I know I am probably going to get flamed at for asking but:.what do u call those catholic church music? It's kinda like an ethereal music.

Something like this:
Confiteor Deo Omnipotenti (I confess to God almighty)
Beatae Mariae semper Virgini (To blessed Mary ever Virgin)
Beato Michaeli archangelo (To the blessed archangel Michael)
Sanctis apostolis omnibus sanctis (To the holy apostles, to all the saints)

2007-06-23 21:54:48 · 5 answers · asked by waithu 1 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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I think you have some wires crossed here,first of all the lines you have quoted are from a prayer called the `Confiteor` and they are in Latin so this is not a church hymn but spoken prayer, and I have never heard it sung in my lifetime.
There are still many Catholic churches were the sacred hymns are sung in Latin but most use English and there is a vast array of such hymns, and the early sacred music that was used in all Catholic churches is called Gregorian chant, also called plainchant or plainsong and this was always in Latin.

2007-06-23 22:15:58 · answer #1 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1 0

The Confiteor,an optional part of the Penitential Rite at the beginning of Mass. It may have been chanted or sung with Gregorian Chant,Anglican Chant oranother plainchant or hymn setting.

2007-06-25 07:53:42 · answer #2 · answered by James O 7 · 0 0

Gregorian (or Plain) Chant.

It is the central tradition of Western plainchant, a form of monophonic, unaccompanied sacred song of the Latin Rite (Roman) Catholic Church.

Here are some good websites about Gregorian Chant:
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06779a.htm
http://silvertone.princeton.edu/chant_html/
http://comp.uark.edu/~rlee/otherchant.html

With love in Christ.

2007-06-24 15:36:54 · answer #3 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0 0

Those lines are from the Confiteor, a prayer:
http://www.preces-latinae.org/thesaurus/Basics/Confiteor.html

2007-06-23 22:07:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

They are called hymns.

2007-06-23 21:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by Debra P 3 · 0 0

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