M. h. t. en redegørelse for messen henvises til Catholic Encyclopedia, vol. V, art. "Eucharist," af Joseph Pohle, p. 572 ff., Nikolaus Gihr: Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, Dogmatically, Liturgically, Ascetically Explained, 12th ed. (St. Louis, Mo.: B. Herder, 1937), Josef Andreas Jungmann: The Mass of the Roman Rite, Its Origins and Development, oversat af Francis A. Brunner (New York: Benziger Bros., 1951.) M. h. t. det ikke-katolske synspunkt henvises til John Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion, b. 4, chs. 17 og 18 , Edward Bauverie Pusey: The Doctrine of the Real Presence, as contained in the Fathers (Oxford, England: John H. Parker, 1855.)