| AAS |
Acta Apostolicae Sedis |
| ASS |
Acta Sanctae Sedis |
| BCL |
Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy |
| BCLN |
Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy Newsletter |
| CCC |
Catechism of the Catholic Church,
revised edition 1997 and 2000 |
| CCL |
Code of Canon Law 1983 |
| CD |
Christus Dominus. Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops |
| CDF |
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |
| CDW |
Congregation for Divine Worship |
| CFLR |
Committee for Franciscan Liturgical Research |
| CIC |
Codex Juris Canonici 1917 |
| CLSA |
Canon Law Society of America |
| Commentary CLSA |
The New Commentary on the Code of Cannon
Law, 2000 |
| CDWDS |
Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of
the Sacraments |
| CSL |
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy |
| CSR |
Congregation of Sacred Rites |
| DMC |
Directory for Masses with Children |
| Documents Flannery |
Vatican Council II: Conciliar & Post Conciliar
Documents |
| DOL |
Documents on the Liturgy 1963-1969 |
| EOM |
Holy Communion and Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass |
| FDLC |
Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions |
| GCD |
General Catechetical Directory,
Sacred Congregation for
the Clergy (1971), based on the documents of the Second Vatican Council. |
| GICI |
General Introduction to Christian Initiation |
| GILH |
General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours |
| GIRM |
General Instruction of the Roman Missal |
| GNLYC |
General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar |
| ICEL |
International Commission on English in the Liturgy |
| ICET |
International Consultation on English Texts |
| ISL |
Institut Supérieur de Liturgie, Paris |
| LG |
Lumen Gentium. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church |
| LLT |
Liturgical Law Today: New Style, New Spirit |
| LMD |
La Maison-Dieu |
| LMT |
Liturgical Music Today |
| MCW |
Music in Catholic Worship |
| NAAL |
North American Academy of Liturgy |
| NCE |
New Catholic Encyclopedia |
| NCWC |
National Catholic Welfare Conference |
| Not |
Notitia |
| NPM |
National Association of Pastoral Musicians |
| OCF |
Order of
Christian Funerals |
| RBC |
Rite of Baptism for Children |
| RC |
Rite of Confirmation |
| RCIA |
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults |
| RCIC |
Rite of Christian Initiation of Children |
| RCIT |
Rite of Christian Initiation of Teenagers (USA invention) |
| RM |
Roman Missal |
| RP |
Rite of Penance |
| SC |
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosanctum Concilium |
| SOS |
Standing Order Service / USCCB | B
| TLD |
Simcoe. The Liturgy Documents. Chicago |
| USCC |
The United States Catholic Conference |
| USCCB |
The United States Conference of Catholic
Bishops |