Roman Ritual and Roman Pontifical is Families of Roman liturgical books for sacraments, blessings, and rites celebrated respectively by priests or deacons and by bishops.[1]
The Roman Ritual
The Roman Ritual is not one ordinary parish volume but a family of books for rites such as baptism, marriage, penance, anointing and pastoral care of the sick, funerals, Christian initiation, exorcism, and blessings. Authorized vernacular editions can have titles and organization shaped by episcopal conferences.
The books distinguish sacramental rites from sacramentals and pastoral adaptations. Ministers use the edition and options permitted by competent authority rather than composing a rite from devotional materials.[2]
The Roman Pontifical
The Roman Pontifical contains rites ordinarily celebrated by a bishop, including ordination, confirmation in certain settings, institution of ministries, dedication of churches and altars, and blessings connected with episcopal ministry.
Pontifical describes the minister and book, not a separate sacramental system. The Missal, Ritual, Pontifical, Lectionary, Liturgy of the Hours, Martyrology, and ceremonial books together order distinct dimensions of Roman worship.
References
- 1.Liturgiam authenticam — Section 110 lists the typical liturgical books of the Roman Rite
- 2.Sacrosanctum Concilium — Sections 59–82 on sacraments, sacramentals, and revision of rites