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Holy things : a liturgical theology / Gordon W. Lathrop.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, Minn. : Fortress Press, 1998, c1993.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: xi, 236 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780800631314
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • BQT 4034.L24 1993
Contents:
The Biblical pattern of liturgy -- Basic patterns in the Ordo of Christian worship -- Developed patterns in the Ordo of Christian worship -- Things -- Access to Holy things -- The Christian sacrifice -- Liturgical criticism -- Leadership and liturgical community -- Liturgy and society.
Summary: New in paperback! Cyril of Jerusalem wrote about holy things. He thereby reflected the communion invitation used in his fourth-century liturgy to call people to taste and see that the Lord is good (Mystagogical Catecheses). The present times call for strong and healthy symbols that hold people into hope. The Christian communities need a reintroduction into the ways in which liturgical symbols respond to human need. Indeed, Lathrop argues, Christian communities continually need to reconsider the meaning of their liturgies and reform those liturgies toward authentic clarity. In its three parts, this book (1) proposes that an ecumenical pattern or ordo of worship can be discerned which is also a pattern of meaning, (2) discusses the ways in which meaning occurs in the meeting for worship itself, and (3) draws practical conclusions about the organization of that meeting and its importance to current human need. Throughout, Lathrop undertakes to do theology, that is, to say what the liturgy actually says about God.

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The Biblical pattern of liturgy -- Basic patterns in the Ordo of Christian worship -- Developed patterns in the Ordo of Christian worship -- Things -- Access to Holy things -- The Christian sacrifice -- Liturgical criticism -- Leadership and liturgical community -- Liturgy and society.

New in paperback! Cyril of Jerusalem wrote about holy things. He thereby reflected the communion invitation used in his fourth-century liturgy to call people to taste and see that the Lord is good (Mystagogical Catecheses). The present times call for strong and healthy symbols that hold people into hope. The Christian communities need a reintroduction into the ways in which liturgical symbols respond to human need. Indeed, Lathrop argues, Christian communities continually need to reconsider the meaning of their liturgies and reform those liturgies toward authentic clarity. In its three parts, this book (1) proposes that an ecumenical pattern or ordo of worship can be discerned which is also a pattern of meaning, (2) discusses the ways in which meaning occurs in the meeting for worship itself, and (3) draws practical conclusions about the organization of that meeting and its importance to current human need. Throughout, Lathrop undertakes to do theology, that is, to say what the liturgy actually says about God.