Fr. Maurice de la Taille, S. J. (1872-1933) was a French priest whose writings influenced the Liturgical Movement. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Liturgical Movement is a movement of scholarship and the reform of Worship within the Roman Catholic Church that has taken place over the last century and a half He entered the Jesuit order in 1890 and taught theology at the University of Angers. The University of Angers is situated in the town of the same name in western France From 1916-1918 he was military chaplain to the Canadian army. From 1919 he taught at the Gregorian University in Rome.

His principal work, Mysterium Fidei, written in 1921, was a comprehensive study of the Mass. Dealing with the sacrifice once offered by Christ, he describes the Mass as the Sacrifice of the Church and the Eucharist as a Sacrament. His contention was that there is a unity between Christ's sacrifice begun at the Last Supper, consummated on the Cross and Resurrection and continued in the Mass. There was only one immolation, that at Calvary, to which the supper looked forward and the Mass looks back. He defended himself against his critics in a The Mystery of Faith and Human Opinion (1930)

Published works

• The Mystery of Faith: Regarding The Most August Sacrament And Sacrifice Of The Body And Blood Of Christ (1921) (Mysterium Fidei)

References

• http://www.ewtn.com/library/theology/myoffait.htm
• http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/winter09.html

Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar

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