Introduction to the Study of Liturgy (eBook)

ContentsIntroduction 1. Liturgy in Its Social Context 1.1 Christian Liturgy and the Multiplicity of Liturgical Celebrations 1.2 “Liturgy”—History of an Idea 1.3 The Rediscovery of the Ritual Dimension of Liturgy 1.4 The Complex Field of Liturgy as the Subject of Liturgics2. History, Outline, and Methods of Liturgics 2.1 Liturgics from Within 2.2 Historical Development of the Study of Liturgics 2.2.1 Explanations of Liturgy in the Ancient Church and in the Middle Ages 2.2.1.1 Early Christian Examples of Reflection on Christian Worship 2.2.1.2 Medieval Explanations of Liturgy 2.2.2 Humanist Collections of Liturgical Resources and Commentaries 2.2.3 Rubricism in the Early Modern Era 2.2.4 Shift to an Independent Discipline of “Liturgics” 2.2.4.1 Liturgics since the Eighteenth Century 2.2.4.2 The Beginning of Handbooks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 2.2.5 Objectives of the Study of Liturgics in the Early Twentieth Century 2.2.5.1 Multiple Methods in Liturgical Study 2.2.5.2 Liturgics as a Theological Discipline 2.2.5.3 Pastoral Liturgy’s Promotion of Liturgical Life 2.2.6 Evaluation of the Discipline of Liturgics by the Second Vatican Council and in the     Postconciliar Period 2.2.7 Liturgics Today 2.2.7.1 Liturgy in a Changed Ecclesial and Social Context 2.2.7.2 Consequences for Method 2.3 How Should We Interpret Liturgy?3. Historical Sketch of the Roman Liturgy 3.1 Study of the History of Liturgy as a Central Task of Liturgics 3.2 Jewish Liturgy and Earliest Christian Worship 3.2.1 Jewish Worship in Jesus’ World 3.2.2 The Beginnings of Christian Worship 3.2.3 Jewish and Christian Worship 3.2.4 Early Christian Liturgy as Attested by Selected Sources 3.3 Origins of the Roman Rite 3.3.1 Liturgical Language from Greek to Latin 3.3.2 Sources of Early Roman Liturgy 3.3.3 The Roman Bishop’s Mass around 3.3.4 Essential Features of the Roman Liturgy 3.4 Liturgical Centers in Late Antiquity 3.4.1 The Jerusalem Liturgy 3.4.2 The Liturgies of the Eastern Patriarchates 3.4.3 Non-Roman Western Liturgies 3.5 Adaptation of Roman Liturgy North of the Alps 3.5.1 Backgrounds in the History of Dogma: Defense against Arianism 3.5.2 Changing Images of Christ and Consequences for Devotion in Relation to Liturgical Prayer and Festal Cycles 3.5.3 Endurance of the Roman Liturgy 3.5.4 Continuity and Change in the “Roman” Liturgy 3.6 Basic Features of the Liturgy in the High and Late Middle Ages; the Liturgy of the City of Cologne as an Example 3.7 Liturgy in the Period of the Reformation and the Catholic Reform 3.7.1 The Medieval Heritage 3.7.2 The Century before the Reformation 3.7.3 A Reforming Project on the Eve of the Reformation: The Libellus ad Leonem X (1513) 3.7.4 The Reformers’ Liturgical Reforms, with the Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper as an Example 3.7.5 The Catholic Reform’s Understanding of the Liturgy 3.8 Initiatives toward Liturgical Reform during the Enlightenment 3.8.1 Goals and Content of Liturgical Reform in the Enlightenment Era 3.8.2 Intellectual and Spiritual Background and Reforming Program: The Synod of Pistoia as an Example 3.9 Liturgical Currents in the Age of the Restoration 3.9.1 Church Music as “Sacred Art” 3.9.2 Development of Church Music in the Nineteenth Century 3.9.3 The Cecilia Movement and Increased Centralization 3.9.4 From Restoration to Liturgical Movement 3.10 The Liturgical Movement and Renewal 3.10.1 Personalities and Centers of the Liturgical Movement 3.10.2 Principles and Results of the Liturgical Reform at Vatican II 3.10.3 Limits of Reform and Future Prospects4. Theology of the Liturgy 4.1 Liturgy as Assembly in the Presence of God 4.1.1 Assembly as an Anthropological Phenomenon 4.1.2 Liturgy as an Assembly Summoned by God 4.1.3 Celebration of Liturgy in a Structured Assembly 4.1.4 Listening and Responding as Fundamental Human Actions in the Liturgical Assembly 4.1.5 Gathering of the Community—Gathering of the Church 4.1.6 The Making-Present of Salvation History in the Symbolic Actions of Liturgy 4.2 Theo-logy 4.2.1 Encounter with the Personal God 4.2.2 Doxological Address to God 4.2.3 The God of History 4.2.4 God Images in Liturgy 4.3 Christology 4.3.1 Liturgical Prayer “to Christ” (ad Christum)—“through Christ” (per Christum) 4.3.2. Liturgy as Celebration of the Paschal Mystery 4.3.3 Presence of Christ in the Liturgy 4.4 Pneumatology 4.4.1 Liturgy as an Event Effected by the Spirit 4.4.2 Doxology, Epiclesis, Invocation 4.4.3 Laying-on of Hands and Anointing as Demonstrative Actions 4.4.4 The Holy Spirit in the Liturgy’s Poetic Texts 4.5 Liturgy and the Economy of Salvation 4.5.1 Temporal Modes of Liturgy and Participation in the Divine Economy of Salvation 4.5.2 The Dimension of Memory in the Liturgy 4.5.3 The Dimension of Expectation in the Liturgy 4.6 Community Liturgy and Heavenly Liturgy 4.6.1 Heavenly Liturgy as Glorifying God 4.6.2 The Earthly Liturgy’s Participation in the Eschatological Heavenly Liturgy 4.6.3 Earthly Liturgy in Eschatological Tension 4.7 The Person in the Liturgy 4.7.1 Sanctification of the Human Person in the Liturgy 4.7.2 Alteration of Human Reality 4.7.3 “One” in Christ: The Inclusive Image of Humanity 4.7.4 Human Physicality and the Liturgy 4.8 Liturgy and the Christian Life 4.8.1 Remembered Salvation History and Diaconal Action 4.8.2 Liturgical Anticipation of Salvation and Christian Options for Action 4.8.3 The Mutual Relationship of Liturgy and Diakonia 5. Forms and Methods of Expression in Worship 5.1 Sacred Scripture in the Liturgy 5.1.1 The Significance of Biblical Texts in Liturgy 5.1.2 Biblical Books as Sacred Scripture 5.1.3 The Use of Biblical Texts in Liturgy 5.1.4 The Reception of Biblical Texts in Worship 5.1.5 Intertextuality of Biblical Texts in the Liturgy 5.2 Prayer in the Liturgy 5.2.1 Prayer in the Tension between Life Experience and Faith Tradition 5.2.2 Origins of Liturgical Prayer 5.2.3 God’s “Today” in the Synthesis of Time: Collapsing of Past and Future in the Now 5.2.4 Fundamental Theological Structures of Jewish-Christian Methods of Prayer 5.2.5 Forms and Formulae of Liturgical Prayer 5.2.5.1 Oration (Collect) 5.2.5.2 Structure of the Eucharistic Canon 5.2.5.3 Doxologies 5.2.5.4 Acclamations 5.2.5.5 Litanies 5.2.6 Prayer in Action: Postures and Gestures 5.3 The Language of Liturgy 5.3.1 Language as Means of Liturgical Expression 5.3.2 History of Language in the Worship of the Catholic Church 5.3.3 Liturgical Language at Vatican II and in the Postconciliar Liturgical Reform 5.4 Music and Hymnody in the Liturgy 5.4.1 Singing as an Integral Part of Liturgy 5.4.2 Liturgical-Theological Context of the Question 5.4.3 Music as Art of Time and Space 5.4.4 Determining the Use of Music in Worship 5.4.5 The “Repertoire” of Liturgical Song and Church Music 5.4.6 “Pop Music” and Liturgy 5.4.7 Theological Basis for Singing in Worship 5.5 Sign and Sign-Character of the Liturgy 5.5.1 Sign-Character of Worship 5.5.2 The Liturgical Space 5.5.3 Liturgical Places 5.5.3.1 The Altar 5.5.3.2 The Ambo 5.5.3.3 The Font 5.5.4 Vessels and Utensils 5.5.5 Vestments and Textiles  Appendixes1. Initiation 1.1 Rites of Initiation 1.1.1 Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults 1.1.2 Rite of Baptism for Children 1.2 Blessing and Invocation of God over Baptismal Water (A)2. The Canon of the Mass: Eucharistic Prayer II as an Example 3. Structures of the Liturgies of the Hours 4. Structure and Content of the Constitution on the Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium Bibliography Ancient Authors Modern AuthorsIndexes Index of Subjects Index of Names