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APPENDIX I
ORIGINAL PROPOSED STRUCTURE OF THE CONSILIUM
March-April 1964


Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, President 20-30 bishops
Consiglieri Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri, Vice President
(June 1964) (voting members)
Annibale Bugnini, Secretary
Consilium Presidentiae
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Ott Splbeck (Germany), Msgr. Vicente Enrique y Taracn (Spain), Msgr. William Conway (Ireland), Msgr. Jos
Clemente Carlos Isnard (Brasil), Msgr. Jean Bluyssen (Netherlands). It meets eight times, generally coinciding with
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APPENDIX II
FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE CONSILIUM 1964-1967

Giacomo Cardinal Lercaro, President 20-30 bishops
(voting members)
Consiglieri
(June 1964)


Consilium Presidentiae
Annibale Bugnini, Secretary


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(Oct. 1966)



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VII. Martyrology = Coetus 24. Revision X. Non-Roman rites = Coetus 27. Elements appliable to others
VIII. Songs = Coetus 25. Revision of hymnals XI. Code of Liturgical Law = 28 Prepare a Code
IX. Ceremonial = Coetus 26. Revision XII. Papal Chapel = Coetus 29. Revision of Rites
N.B. Sections 30-39 correspond to the special groups for special revision (p. 35 elaborato). The settori (coetus
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APPENDIX III
HISTORICAL PROCESS FOR A COETUS AND APPROVING A REFORMED
LITURGICAL RITE

PT. 1 GENERIC METHOD

A. METHOD: OVERVIEW OF HOW A COETUS WAS ESTABLISHED

March 1964 Divisions of liturgical book sections I-XII determine which group will
receive a certain rite to reform. Liturgical book section III includes Groups (Coetus) 10-16
(elaborato, 21). After Cardinal Lercaro and A. Bugnini convene their first adunanza plenaria
(March 1964), they assign Relators, Secretaries, and Consultors to various Groups (eventually 1-
29). In this study case, Group (Coetus) X receives the Ordinary of the Mass to update. After
the Coetus is erected and officially commissioned, it is expected to organize its own internal
rules of order, methodology, locations of reunions, and modus operandi.
In the case of any Coetus the individual Consultors are each approved by Pope Paul VI in
private audiences with Cardinal Lercaro (and also A. Bugnini). Each member, i.e., Relator,
Secretary, Member of a Coetus is technically a Consultor by Papal appointment (elaborato,
17). Relators and Secretaries of Coetus are merely appointed by Cardinal Lercaro and A. Bugnini
(A. Bugnini effectively proposed the vast majority of names and Cardinal Lercaro is not known
to have rejected any suggestions).
Coetus X, erected officially in the plenary audience in October of 1964 (elaborato, 26),
had J. Wagner as its life long Relator, A. Hnggi as its initial secretary, and seven additional
Consultors.
2
After the first plenary audience in March, The group of Consultors of Coetus X
received the job of reforming the individual parts of the Order of Mass. However, the same
Coetus X was only officially commissioned to produce schemata of a reformed Mass following
the 5-6 October Plenary Audience of the Consilium. At this audience, in addition to the general
reforming principles of reforming the liturgy as proposed by the Consilium (BUGNINI, La riforma
liturgica, 53-62), and the internal principles worked out by the Coetus X itself, the Consilium
established nine other guiding principles of the reform of the Order of the Mass (elaborato, 26).
After all theoretical and operative principles were recognized and established, the job of
producing a schema was bequeathed to Coetus X. They were prepared to produce there first
chronological, rite by rite, schema by October of 1965 (elaborato, 26, ft. note 101).






2
Coetus X initially (1964) consisted of the following members: J. Wagner (relator), A. Hnggi
(Secretarius), M. Righetti (Consultor), T. Shnitzler (Consultor), P. Jounel (Consultor), C. Vagaggini O.S.B.
(Consultor), A. Franquesa O.S.B. (Consultor), P.M. Gy O.P. (Consultor), J.A. Jungmann S.J. (Consultor). Later in
1967 the Consilium contained the following: J. Wagner (Relator), A. Franquesa O.S.B. (Pro-Secretarius), M.
Righetti (Consultor), T. Schnitzler (Consultor), A. Hnggi (Consultor), P. Jounel (Consultor), P.M. Gy O.P.
(Consultor), J. A. Jungmann S.J. (Consultor ), L. Agustoni (Consultor), J. Gelineau S. J. (Consultor), C. Vagaggini
O.S.B. (Consultor), L. Bouyer C.O. (Consultor), S. Famoso, K. Amon, J. Cellier, F. McManus, V. No (Consultor),
H. Wegman (Consultor), J. Patino (Consultor). See: BARBA, La riforma conciliare dell= AOrdo Missae@, 73-77.

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B. METHOD: CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD OF
REFORM

During this period of time between March-October 1964 Coetus X operated as follows
(For references to times a places of Coetus X plenaria and schemata, cf. BARBA, La riforma
conciliare dellOrdo Missae., 65, 78):

1.) J. Wagner is alerted to the fact that he and several others will be the members of Coetus
X (elaborato, 22). He proposed several plans of reform in the first audience (11 March
1964).
2.) J. Wagner in consultation with other newly appointed relators (Consulta) isolates the
essential sources and models to be used by Coetus X for liturgical reform (elaborato, 23-
24).
3.) He personally presents this plan to the second Plenary Audience 17 April 1964. It is
approved
4.) In consultation with his Members, they agree to have their internal Plenary Meeting 8-10
June in Treveri to present the results of their assigned tasked as apportioned by J.
Wagner.
5.) This happens again in Einsiedeln 5-7 June 1964. This work results in Quaestiones
tractandae at the 3 Plenary Audience 18-20 June.
6.) Following August and September Coetus X plenary in Freiburg and Rome, they are able
to present a Relatio to the Secretary of the Consilium. He presents it at the Consilium 4
Plenary on 5-6 October. The corrections and suggestions result in Schemata nn. 3-5.
7.) From the October 1964 Plenary Audience until the 26-30 April 1965 5 Plenary audience
Coetus X produces schemata 9-11. N.B. There is no Plenary Audience of Coetus X
during this time. All revisions are done by individual consulting between the Secretary
of the Consilium and the Relator-Secretary.
8.) From the 5 Plenary Audience until the October 1965 6 Plenary Audience The Coetus X
schemata nn. 12-14. The Coetus X Plenary Audiences was 18-23 June in Paris and 15-20
September 1965 in Rome.
9.) The first full schema of a reformed Mass is presented as a homogenous unit. Questions
are voted on regarding the rite by the Fathers of the Consilium in the 9 October 1965
Plenary Audience.
10.) There vote results in further revisions of the new Normative Mass. From the
October 1965 Plenary Audience until the Consiliums 7 Plenary Meeting (6-14 October
1966) Coetus X produces Schemata 15-23. There are no Plenary Audiences of the
Coetus during this period in question. Much of the work has been accustomed to be
accomplished in intensive sessions of Relators and specialists with A. Bugnini (BUGNINI,
La riforma liturgica, 163-165).
11.) From the October 1966 7 Plenary Audience until the 10-19 April 1967 8 Plenary
Audience Coetus X produces schemata 24-34. There are two last Plenary Audiences of
Coetus X in Switzerland and Rome on 24-30 January and 8-12 March 1967 respectively.
12.) The culmination of Coetus Xs work is presented in the10-19 April 1967 Plenary
Audience of the Consilium. This is the point at which the Normative Mass overall
structure is solidified.

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PT. 2 SPECIFIC METHOD OF REFORM ANY GIVEN RITE
Continuing to use Coetus X as an example, one can propose a hypothetical mode for the
reform of any given rite.
Having received ones section and Coetus X, one might propose a schema in one of two
ways. For instance, if one wished to change the words of institution from pro multis to pro
omnibus in the Missa Normativa, then one could a.) propose a series of quaesita to the Fathers of
the Consilium to be discussed and voted on in on of the Plenary Audiences b.) or retouch the
current schema of the Missa Normativa. Either of these proposals goes through the same
process. Finally, at the desire of the Relator, studies and notes can be attached to the schema or
quaesita in order aid the Fathers discussion and clarify the theme.
1.) Hypothetically, if Coetus X proposed the pro omnibus change, then one of the
Members of the Group will bring up the subject when presenting his work at the
Plenary Session of the Group X. However, all suggestions and operations of the
Group have their ultimate arbiter in the Relator (i.e., J. Wagner).
2.) Normally, The relator, having approved the schema prepared by his secretary will use
his secretary to relay the information and notes to the Secretary of the Consilium.
3.) Having received this proposal, the Secretary may make corrections and then he
presents the schema to the President of the Consilium. The President may choose
personally (or use his Secretary) to either work with Consultors (Consulta) or
Counselors (Consiliarii), or his Consilium Presidentiae to review and correct the
schema to prepare it for a vote before the Plenary Session.
4.) If the proposal to change the words, in this case, is acceptable then the President gives
a positive judgment to put the schema on the docket for the Plenary Session. If not,
the debited corrections are made by the Secretary of the Consilium and the 1 general
relation (relazione generale) is given back to Coetus X.
5.) The 1
st
relation is corrected along the lines of those written down by the Secretary of
the Consilium in the name of the President. After the Group has made the due
corrections it is re-submitted to the Secretary of the Consilium in a 2 relation.
6.) If the Secretary is satisfied with the corrections and 2
nd
draft, he may seek the
permission of the President to present the Fathers of the Consilium the corrected
relation. This is done at a Plenary session.
7.) The vote of the Fathers is either positive or negative. If a majority of the Fathers vote
a placet then the change will be added. If the Fathers vote the question as non placet
or placet iuxta modum, then the suggested change ordinarily will not pass. If the
President judges that the iuxta modum votes are substantial, then he may return the
schema to the Group to rework the schema according to the Fathers suggestions.
8.) If the schema presented is approved with any corrections, then the schema is sent
back to the Group from where it came (e.g., Group X). Then, the Group incorporates
the suggestions or corrections. After this is done, the Group returns the schema
generale to the Secretary of the Consilium.
9.) The Fathers of the Consilium are then able to review the corrections and give the
consent to the schema.
10.) This final schema is presented to the Pope (By Lercaro/Bugnini) during a private
audience for his approval. Following this approval the SRC publishes it with a decree.