Editing Introit (section)

{{Short description|Feature of the Eucharist celebration}}

[[File:Introit.jpg|thumb|alt=A priest stands at the right side of the altar to pray the Introit.|A priest prays the Introit in [[St Gabriel's Church, Pimlico]].]]

The '''Introit'''{{efn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|t|r|ɔɪ|t}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|n|t|r|oʊ|ɪ|t}}, or {{IPAc-en|ɪ|n|ˈ|t|r|oʊ|ɪ|t}}.<ref>{{cite EPD|18}}</ref><ref>{{cite LPD|3}}</ref>}} ({{ety|la|introitus|entrance}}) is part of the opening of the [[liturgy|liturgical]] celebration of the [[Eucharist]] for many [[Christian denominations]]. In its most complete version, it consists of an [[antiphon]], [[Psalms|psalm]] verse and ''[[Gloria Patri]]'', which are spoken or sung at the beginning of the celebration. It is part of the ''[[Proper (liturgy)|proper]]'' of the liturgy: that is, the part that changes over the liturgical year.

In the [[Roman Rite]] of the [[Catholic Church]] it is known as the ''antiphona ad introitum'' (Entrance antiphon), as in the text for each day's Mass, or as the ''cantus ad introitum'' (Entrance chant) as in the [[General Instruction of the Roman Missal]], 47 and the First Roman Ordo (sixth to seventh century).<ref name=CathEnc>Fortescue, A. (1910). [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08081a.htm "Introit"]. ''[[The Catholic Encyclopedia]]''. Retrieved 2 May 2009</ref> In pre-1970 editions of the Roman Missal, the word ''Introitus'' was used, distinguished from the normal meaning of the word (entrance) by being capitalized. In [[Ambrosian chant]] and [[Beneventan chant]], the counterpart of the Introit is called the ''ingressa''.<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Apel
 | first = Willi
 | year = 1990
 | title = Gregorian Chant
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8PjxAAzSK8sC&pg=PA469
 | publisher = Indiana University Press
 | location = Bloomington, IN
 | page = 469
 | isbn = 0-253-20601-4
 | oclc = 22288875
}}</ref>
The [[Lutheran]] rite uses the term ''Introit'' in the same fashion, marking the opening of the [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. In the [[Mozarabic Rite|Mozarabic]], [[Latin liturgical rites|Carthusian]], [[Dominican Rite|Dominican]], and [[Carmelite Rite]]s, it is called the "officium".<ref name=CathEnc/>