Question: What is the Ordinary of the Mass?
Answer: An Ordinary Mass (musically speaking) generally includes the following Latin texts:
- Kyrie: history, translation
- Gloria: history, translation
- Credo: history, translation
- Sanctus: history, translation
- Benedictus: history, translation
- Agnus Dei: history, translation
The polyphonic style of the Ordinary Mass developed in 1600; before then it was chanted.
