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In the Catholic Church, holy days of obligation or holydays of obligation〔The spelling used repeatedly in the official English translation of the Roman Missal〕 or holidays of obligation〔(''The Tablet'', 30 December 1939 )〕〔(Frederick Holweck, "Immaculate Conception" in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1910) )〕〔(Richard Burn, ''Ecclesiastical Law'' (A. Strahan and W. Woodfall, 1788), vol. 1, p. 336 )〕 or feasts of precept,〔(John Hardon, ''Modern Catholic Dictionary'' )〕〔(Vatican-website English translation of talk by Pope Benedict XVI on 17 November 2010 )〕 are the days on which, as (canon 1247 ) of the Code of Canon Law states: The obligation is attached to the holy day, even if transferred, as sometimes happens in the Roman Rite, to another date because of coinciding with a higher-ranking celebration. However, in some countries a dispensation is granted in such circumstances.〔(Edward McNamara, "Feast of the Immaculate Conception" in ''ZENIT News Agency'', 17 December 2013 )〕 ==Latin Catholic Church== The holy days of obligation for Latin Catholics are indicated in (canon 1246 ) of the Code of Canon Law: Placed in the order of the civil calendar, the ten days (apart from Sundays) that this canon mentions are: *1 January: Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God *6 January: the Epiphany *19 March: Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary *Thursday of the sixth week of Easter: the Ascension *Thursday after Trinity Sunday: the Body and Blood of Christ *29 June: Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles *15 August: the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary *1 November: All Saints *8 December: the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary *25 December: the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Christmas) The number of holy days of obligation was once much greater. With the motu proprio ''Supremi disciplinae'' of 2 July 1911, Pope Pius X reduced the number of such non-Sunday holy days from 36 to 8: the above 10 dates (1 January was then the Feast of the Circumcision of Christ) minus the feasts the Body and Blood of Christ, and Saint Joseph.〔(''Supremi disciplinæ'' ) in Catholic Encyclopedia〕 The present list was established in 1917.〔Codex Iuris Canonici canon 1247 (1917).〕 In many countries the bishops had obtained, even before the time of Pope Pius X, the Holy See's approval to diminish the number of non-Sunday holy days of obligation, making it far less than 36. Today too, Episcopal Conferences have availed themselves of the authority granted them in law to reduce the number below the ten mentioned above. Non-Sunday holy days of obligation all have the rank of solemnity. Accordingly, if in Ordinary Time one of them falls on a Sunday, the Sunday celebration gives way to it; but the Sundays of Advent, Lent and Eastertide take precedence over all solemnities, which are then transferred to another day.〔General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar § 5.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Holy day of obligation」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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