The Mass of Saint Gregory by Ysenbrandt

2 Responses to The Mass of Saint Gregory by Ysenbrandt

1. Philip Sandstrom says:

   3 September 2006 at 11:24 am

   One of the more interesting versions of this scene is that by Lucas Cranach
   in the Cathedral of Meissen, Germany. There, because it is a Lutheran Cathedral
   since the Reformation, the Lutheran Liturgy is conducted facing a retable before
   the choirscreen showing the history of the finding of the True Cross by St.
   Helena. At the bottom of the retable under the ‘finding of the True Cross’
   scenes is the ‘Gregorian Mass’ scene. There is a Dompropst and Canons who staff
   this Cathedral even today — and the whole place looks and ‘acts’ as though the
   Catholics just left yesterday and will be back tomorrow. But I was particularly
   struck by the rather ‘high church’ Lutheran liturgy conducted before this
   retable with the image of Pope Gregory celebrating Mass with the vision of
   Christ’s Real presence
2. Philip Sandstrom says:

   3 September 2006 at 11:26 am

   One of the more interesting versions of this scene is that by Lucas Cranach
   in the Cathedral of Meissen, Germany. There, because it is a Lutheran Cathedral
   since the Reformation, the Lutheran Liturgy is conducted facing a retable before
   the choirscreen showing the history of the finding of the True Cross by St.
   Helena. At the bottom of the retable under the ‘finding of the True Cross’
   scenes is the ‘Gregorian Mass’ scene. There is a Dompropst and Canons who staff
   this Cathedral even today — and the whole place looks and ‘acts’ as though the
   Catholics just left yesterday and will be back tomorrow. But I was particularly
   struck by the rather ‘high church’ Lutheran liturgy conducted before this
   retable with the image of Pope Gregory celebrating Mass with the vision of
   Christ’s Real presence.