Pope Benedict XVI on Sacred Music
1975 – present
- Sing to the Lord – USCCB Guideline (non-binding) – November 14, 2007
- Pope Benedict XVI’s Visit to the Pont. Institute of Sacred Music Rome – October 13, 2007
- Summorum Pontificum (motu proprio) Pope Benedict XVI – July 7, 2007
- Chirograph on Sacred Music 100th anniversary of Pope St. Pius X’s Tra le Sollecitudini – 2003
- Roman Missal, 3rd Editio Typica – Latin, Approved by Pope John Paul II – 2000
- Letter to Artists – 1999
1903 – 1975
- Roman Missal, 2nd Editio Typica (Current Edition, save 1985 minor alterations) – March 1975
- Letter to the Bishops on the Minimum Repertoire of Plainchant Cong. for Divine Worship– April 1974
- Liturgicae instaurationes (Instr. III on Constitution on Liturgy) Cong. for Divine Worship– Sept 1970
- Roman Missal, 1st Editio Typica, General Instruction for the Roman Missal – PPVI– March 1970
- Tres abhinc annos(Instruction II on Constitution on Liturgy) Sacred Cong. for Rites – May 1967
- Musicam Sacram (Instruction on Music) Cong. for Rites– March 1967
- Inter oecumenici(Instruction I on Constitution on Liturgy) Sacred Cong. for Rites– September 1964
- Sacram Liturgiam (Motu Proprio) Pope Paul VI– January 1964
- Sacrosanctum Concilium Second Vatican Council (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy)– 1963
- Pope John XXIII announces Second Vatican Council – January 25, 1959
- De musica sacra et sacra liturgia Cong. for Rites – Feast of Saint Pius X – 1955
- Musicae Sacrae Disciplina (Encyclical) Pope Pius XII – 1955
- Mediator Dei (Encyclical) Pope Pius XII –1947
- Mystici Corporis (Encyclical) Pope Pius XII– 1943
- Divini Cultus (Apostolic Constitution) Pope Pius XI– 1928
- Tra le Sollecitudini (motu proprio) Pope Saint Pius X –1903