How Man Is To Worship God Divine Liturgy (a definition) The - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Fundamental Principles Governing How Man Is To Worship God Divine Liturgy (a definition) The glorification of God and the sanctification of man through Jesus Christs exercise of His priestly office. The Churchs definitive
Divine Liturgy
The glorification of God and the sanctification of man through Jesus Christ’s
exercise of His priestly office.
The Church’s definitive and
public worship of God.
- Definition taken from
Sacrosanctum Concilium No.7
- Examples include: Holy Mass,
Sacraments, and Breviary
- It is NOT “the work of the people”
(a definition)
Theocentric Christocentric Pneumatological Ecclesiological Soteriological Eschatological Source and Summit of
Life (all existence)
Essential Liturgical Principles
The Liturgy is Theocentric
1)
Always centered and focused on God
2) Trinitarian 3) Divine, Sacred, & Holy 4) Truth, Goodness,
and Beauty
5) Lex Orandi,
Lex Credendi, Lex Vivendi
The Liturgy is Christocentric
6) Incarnational 7) Sacramental 8) Revealed 9) Opus Dei (work of God) 10) Sacrificial
The Liturgy is Pneumatological
11) De Fide 12) First vertical,
then horizontal
13) Transcends Time
(Kairos vs. Chronus)
14) ‘Cosmic” –
Nature and History
15) Stability through
permanence
16) Grows Organically 17) Unity in Diversity
The Liturgy is Ecclesiological
18) Catholic 19) Of Tradition & Scripture 20) Served by the
Magisterium
21) Guided by the
Apostolic See
22) Hierarchical 23) actuosa participatio
The Liturgy is Soteriological
Christ’s Redemptive Work Applied to Man
24) Salvation and
Sanctification of Man
25) Living and the Dead 26) Adoration,
Thanksgiving, Supplication, Atonement
The Liturgy is Eschatological
27) Spiritual Combat
Detachment from world Penance for the flesh Resist & conquer the devil
28) Church Triumphant
Angels Saints Mary
29) Heavenly Jerusalem 30) Man’s Final End -