This way of speaking about scripture is rooted in the spiritual practices
of the liturgical churches, Childs observes, not «the way the Bible actually functions within the church» — apparently meaning, in this case, the nonliturgical churches.
For Hauerwas and Marshall, the postliberal turn to Aquinas and the spiritual practices
of the liturgical churches is linked to the original postliberal project of rethinking Christian orthodoxy in a postliberal spirit.
There are no liturgical and non-liturgical wings, even though some members
of liturgical churches identify as evangelicals.
Not exact matches
While any fair - minded high -
church reader
of Ross's work should be able to finish this book with a greater understanding
of evangelical
liturgical practices, I am not sure that he will come away from this book feeling more sympathetic to low -
church evangelicalism.
She cites John's emphasis on personal faith, de-emphasis
of high offices, and prioritization
of Christology as ways in which this particular gospel has deeply influenced low -
church liturgical practices.
In the historical Christian
Church's
liturgical calendar, the four weeks before Christmas are Advent — the Christmas season runs from Christmas Eve until January 6 (the 12 days
of Christmas).
Attempts to compare evangelical
liturgical practices to those
of more high
church traditions are often doomed from the start because
of the fundamentally different assumptions that undergird both.
In her book, Melanie Ross has provided us with an affectionate framing
of evangelical
liturgical practices that will surely bring a greater and much - needed clarity to the conversation between evangelicals and high -
church Christians, if not a greater sympathy.
As a result, evangelical
liturgical practices tend to be far more fluid than the practices
of more high
church traditions, as the practices flow from a belief that spiritual regeneration precedes
liturgical practice — and regeneration can not be reduced down to easily identified physical characteristics.
The movie had a better sense
of liturgical music than most Catholic parishes: Actually, the real reason I like to see any film in which the Catholic
Church is featured prominently concerns the music.
Thus Evangelical Catholicism's approach to
church architecture, decoration, music, vesture, and all the other tangibles of the Church's liturgical life proceeds from the question, «Is this beautiful in such a way that it helps disclose the living God in Word and Sacrament?&
church architecture, decoration, music, vesture, and all the other tangibles
of the
Church's liturgical life proceeds from the question, «Is this beautiful in such a way that it helps disclose the living God in Word and Sacrament?&
Church's
liturgical life proceeds from the question, «Is this beautiful in such a way that it helps disclose the living God in Word and Sacrament?»
The book includes sections on liturgy and time, on the significance
of the
church building, on direction in
liturgical prayer, reservation
of the Blessed Sacrament, music, and more.
Moreover, Evangelical Catholicism takes the
liturgical laws and rubrics
of the
Church seriously, as barriers against the deterioration
of the liturgy into a communal celebration
of ourselves.
This emphasis on beauty in the
liturgical life
of the
Church is another reason Evangelical Catholicism takes sacramental preparation and adult catechesis so seriously.
Evangelical Catholicism seeks to incorporate within the Novus Ordo the richness
of the
Church's ancient
liturgical traditions.
In this engagement with Scripture, Evangelicals and Catholics are learning from one another: Catholics from the Evangelical emphasis on group Bible study and commitment to the majestic and final authority
of the written word
of God; and Evangelicals from the Catholic emphasis on Scripture in the
liturgical and devotional life, informed by the lived experience
of Christ's
Church through the ages.
The twenty - first - century
Church owes a lot to twentieth - century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the Third World; for the witness
of martyrs like Alfred Delp, Bernhard Lichtenberg, and Edith Stein; for its contributions to Biblical studies, systematic and moral theology,
liturgical renewal, and Catholic social doctrine, through which German Catholicism played a leading role in Vatican II's efforts to renew Catholic witness for the third millennium.
Both the
liturgical and theological traditions
of the
Church present to us certain things that must be said about God as revealed in Christ Jesus.
Overall, he has produced an impressive body
of work which, thankfully, demonstrates that
liturgical arts (which Schickel prefers to call «ritual arts» because «it stresses the way in which these objects participate in the drama
of religious ritual») can be tastefully done in a modern idiom without lapsing into the triteness or sentimentality that plagues so many
of our newer
churches.
The curriculum
of the seminary should be determined by and reflect the
liturgical life
of the
church, for the most promising way to reclaim the integrity
of theological language as the working language for a congregation is for seminaries to make liturgy the focus
of their lives.
I do know that if I followed the guidelines
of one
liturgical commission, suggesting that I greet each penitent at the
church doors with an open Gospel book and then lead a procession to a reconciliation room which looks more like an occasion
of sin than a shrine for its absolution, the number
of confessions in the middle
of the metropolis where I serve would be severely reduced.
If that negation
of human works (and by implication
of all human structure and conduct) is what Christianity is, then morality, tradition, authority, the
Church, sanctification, discipleship,
liturgical order, and even dogma are secondary at best.
I wandered through other
church traditions, traditional, contemporary,
liturgical, meditative, mystic, seeker - sensitive, emerging, ancient - future, denominational, mega-
church, old
church, new
church, basement
church, no
church for a while there: you name it, I found my way there and I found the people
of God in each place, I did.
Since the book demonstrates so powerfully the case for the return to the pre-Conciliar liturgy, Fr Joseph Fessio, S.J., Editor - in - Chief, Ignatius Press has to temper his own enthusiastic Forward by putting the position
of «those who advocate a rereading and restructuring
of the
liturgical renewal intended by the Second Vatican Council, but in light
of the
Church's two - thousand - year tradition.»
One such group has focused its attention on worship seeking the deepening
of the
church's life through
liturgical renewal.
It is appropriate for a German to be profound on
Church music, and, like many
of us, he can not explain why the clear order
of the Second Vatican Council on music has been turned on its head: «Gregorian chant should be given pride
of place in
liturgical services.»
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liturgical implement used to sprinkle holy water, used mainly in the Roman Catholic
Church.
One
of the things I love about the
liturgical life
of the
church is the way that the Holy Spirit, quietly and gently, works on us.
There is no more distorted reflection
of the power
of the Spirit than Pentecostal services in so - called
liturgical churches, which embroider Christianity's memory
of great historical moments with the pomp and circumstance
of banners, dramatic proclamations and unsingable hymns and anthems.
• We write this on Shrove Tuesday, with Ash Wednesday and Lent arriving tomorrow, and you will be reading this, those
of you in
liturgical churches, a few weeks into Lent.
A properly ordered heterosexual relationship is a
liturgical event because it is a mirror image - a sacrament -
of the covenant between God and mankind, between Christ and the
Church.
Although it is a byproduct
of worship, which exists for its own sake, constant exposure to words, actions and roles within the worshiping community does more to reinforce a Christian's attitudes about justice than anything else the
church does (see my articles «The Words
of Worship: Beyond
Liturgical Sexism,» Dec. 13, 1978, and «The Actions
of Worship: Beyond
Liturgical Sexism,» May 7, 1980).
The sustained effort to care for the poor that came to characterize the
church is derived, Brown suggests, from «an ancient Near Eastern model
of justice» mediated through the
church's
liturgical use
of the Old Testament.
The «
liturgical circle» begins by observing and listening to what the
church does and says when it gathers for worship as the primary witness to what Christians believe, moves on to theological reflection on the meaning
of these data, and then proceeds to reform worship so as to express these meanings more effectively.
My chief concern is with changes under way in
churches at the center
of the
liturgical spectrum.
My present concern is the
liturgical center: the Reformed
churches, Presbyterians, United Methodists, United
Church of Canada and portions of the free - church tradition (United Church of Christ and Christian Church [Disciples of Christ]
Church of Canada and portions
of the free -
church tradition (United Church of Christ and Christian Church [Disciples of Christ]
church tradition (United
Church of Christ and Christian Church [Disciples of Christ]
Church of Christ and Christian
Church [Disciples of Christ]
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of Christ]-RRB-.
By fictitious example: I am OK when Vineyard says «Hey, we are not for everyone», or Calvary Chapel (
of Costa Mesa parentage) saying, «Perhaps you would be better off in a more
liturgical church.
It presupposes a sound formation in the fullness
of the Catholic faith, nourished by the
liturgical and sacramental life
of the
Church.
In keeping with its medieval inspiration (and indeed with Gravissimum Educationis) Chavagnes places the
liturgical life - which is at the heart
of the
Church - at the very heart
of its own life as a College.
«At the bottom
of this is the humility
of the Crucified, which will always be contrasted by the great powers
of the world, but which generates a real hope that is manifested in the creative vitality
of the
Church: in her communities and her movements, in the new responsibility
of the laity, in ecumenical relations, in
liturgical and spiritual experiences.
The Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeals has declined to dictate whom a
church can «consider a lay
liturgical minister under canon law,» dropping its previous three-fold test.
As we attempt to reconnect with our own history, which is after all a sacred history as far as the Divine Liturgy is concerned, the value
of the
Church's
liturgical traditions are once again being emphasised not just as expressions
of sacredness and beauty in the public work
of God, but as the embodiment and carriers
of the
Church's faith.
It resulted in a
Church that consciously retained a large amount
of continuity with the
Church of the Patristic and Medieval periods in terms
of its use
of the catholic creeds, its pattern
of ministry, its buildings and aspects
of its liturgy, but which also embodied Protestant insights in its theology and in the overall shape
of its
liturgical practice.
The
Church's responsibility for the world has not yet surpassed the most modest efforts, and the
liturgical life seems to be a hybrid
of old and new forms.
But as with the Old Testament Psalms and the New Testament Pauline letters, early
church liturgical texts are improvisations on established patterns which are full
of theological and pastoral significance.
Hence non-
liturgical prayer may well in certain cases be holier and
of greater value for the
Church than
liturgical prayer.
Who would deny, for example, that the prayer
of a martyr in his lonely prison cell before his execution, in which he unites himself completely with the death
of Christ has greater dignity and validity before God and for his
Church than many
liturgical prayers?
In most
liturgical churches, the use
of video screens occasions serious and sustained discussion, whereas the microphone has made its way into the sanctuary as a matter
of course.
We do not deny that
liturgical and private prayer depend on one another, but because
of the very nature
of the
Church it must be said that private prayer, especially if made in common, has a priority over official
liturgical prayer whose ground and centre it remains.
The
Church's year provides a rhythm for man and the changes
of the
liturgical seasons remind man «
of the varied gift
of creation.»