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Mediator Dei §56 — Tolle Lege

Encyclicals (Pre-V2)

Pope Pius XII

Mediator Dei §56

Mediator Dei

⁵⁶ It is likewise easy to understand that the progress of the fine arts, those of architecture, painting and music above all, has exerted considerable influence on the choice and disposition of the various external features of the sacred liturgy.

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Source: Mediator Dei (Vatican.va)