Editing Collect (section)

===Roman Catholicism===
{{Roman Rite of Mass}}
Initially, only one collect was said at Mass, but the Tridentine version of the Roman Missal allowed and often prescribed the use of more than one collect, all but the first being recited under a single conclusion. This custom, which began north of the [[Alps]], had reached Rome by about the 12th century.<ref name="Fortescue"/>{{rp|248}}

In the [[International Commission on English in the Liturgy#Roman Missal|1973 translation]] of the Roman Missal by the [[International Commission on English in the Liturgy|ICEL]], the word ''collecta'' was rendered as "Opening Prayer". This was a misnomer, since the collect ends&mdash;rather than opens&mdash;the introductory rites of the Mass.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dh9UWRLeP-oC&pg=PA141& |first=Edward |last=Foley|title=A Commentary on the Order of Mass of the Roman Missal |publisher=Liturgical Press |year=2011 |ISBN=9780814662472 |page=141}}</ref> This prayer is said immediately before the Epistle.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2GcQAAAAIAAJ |title=''Catholic Encyclopedia (c1913), v. 4, p. 103''}}</ref>