Author : Michael Ruzicki
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 35,47 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1616714379
This resource helps you prepare a reverent, artful, and interactive experience of the symbols of the liturgy followed by reflection on their meaning for groups of adults or teens.
Author : Jeana Visel
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0814646840
Within the Eastern tradition of Christianity, the eikon, or religious image, has long held a place of honor. In the greater part of Western Christianity, however, discomfort with images in worship, both statues and panel icons, has been a relatively common current, particularly since the Reformation. In the Roman Catholic Church, after years of using religious statues, the Second Vatican Council’s call for “noble simplicity” in many cases led to a stripping of images that in some ways helped refocus attention on the eucharistic celebration itself but also led to a starkness that has left many Roman Catholics unsure of how to interact with the saints or with religious images at all. Today, Western interest in panel icons has been rising, yet we lack standards of quality or catechesis on what to do with them. This book makes the case that icons should have a role to play in the Western Church that goes beyond mere decoration. Citing theological and ecumenical reasons, Visel argues that, with regard to use of icons, the post–Vatican II Roman Catholic Church needs to give greater respect to the Eastern tradition. While Roman Catholics may never interact with icons in quite the same way that Eastern Christians do, we do need to come to terms with what icons are and how we should encounter them.
Author : Michael Jones-Frank
Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,66 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781568540061
An exploration of how works of visual art are integral to the celebration of the liturgy.
Author : Nicholas Denysenko
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 10,12 MB
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0268100152
How do space and architecture shape liturgical celebrations within a parish? In Theology and Form: Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America, Nicholas Denysenko profiles seven contemporary Eastern Orthodox communities in the United States and analyzes how their ecclesiastical identities are affected by their physical space and architecture. He begins with an overview of the Orthodox architectural heritage and its relation to liturgy and ecclesiology, including topics such as stational liturgy, mobility of the assembly, the symbiosis between celebrants and assembly, placement of musicians, and festal processions representative of the Orthodox liturgy. Chapters 2–7 present comparative case studies of seven Orthodox parishes. Some of these have purchased their property and built new edifices; Denysenko analyzes how contemporary architecture makes use of sacred space and engages visitors. Others are mission parishes that purchased existing properties and buildings, posing challenges for and limitations of their liturgical practices. The book concludes with a reflection on how these parish examples might contribute to the future trajectory of Orthodox architecture in America and its dialogical relationship with liturgy and ecclesial identity.
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Publisher : Translated Texts for Historian
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 33,45 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789621570
The Second Council of Nicaea decreed that religious images are to be venerated, making the cult of icons central in Eastern Orthodoxy. Its Acts are essential reading for the iconoclast controversy, one of the most explored and contested topics in Byzantine history, and significant for the history of culture and the history of art.
Author : Warren T. Woodfin
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 19,22 MB
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199592098
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.
Author : Daniel McCarthy
Publisher : Canterbury Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 36,15 MB
Release : 2016-07-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1848257570
Come Into the Light is an illustrated handbook for understanding the architecture of a church and the arrangement of its interior for the celebration of the liturgy. It offers great practical wisdom to all Christian communities as they reflect on their liturgy and on the buildings in which God is made present daily in ritual and symbol. This book aims to build an understanding of the constituent features of church buildings, the role they have in worship and the spirit with which they are imbued, so that all who enter today’s sacred spaces may find the authentic presence of the living God. Those who read, preach, preside or in any way take part in worship will find great practical inspiration here. This volume includes articles that have appeared over the last five years in the regular Parish Practice feature in 'The Tablet' magazine.
Author : Alfredo Tradigo
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 11,70 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780892368457
Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church.
Author : Elizabeth Zelensky
Publisher : Brazos Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 28,38 MB
Release : 2005-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 1587431092
In this useful guidebook, the authors debunk common misconceptions about Orthodox icons and explain how they might enrich the devotional lives of non-Orthodox Christians.
Author : Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1586179977
New Softcover Edition with Index! Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully written treatment of the "great prayer of the Church" will help readers rediscover the Liturgy in all its hidden spiritual wealth and transcendent grandeur as the very center of our Christian life. Among the many liturgical issues that he covers in this work, Cardinal Ratzinger discusses fundamental misunderstandings of the Second Vatican Council's intentions for liturgical renewal, especially the orientation of prayer at the Eucharistic sacrifice, the placement of the tabernacle, and the posture of kneeling. Other important topics he discusses include the following: the essence of worship; Jewish roots and new elements of the Christian Liturgy; the historic and cosmic dimensions of the Liturgy; the relationship of the Liturgy to time and space; art, music, and the Liturgy; active participation of all the faithful; gestures, posture, and vestments. "My purpose here is to assist this renewal of understanding of the Liturgy. Its basic intentions coincide with what Guardini wanted to achieve. The only difference is that I have had to translate what Guardini did at the end of the First World War, in a totally different historical situation, into the context of our present-day questions, hopes, and dangers. Like Guardini, I am not attempting to involve myself with scholarly discussion and research. I am simply offering an aid to the understanding of the faith and to the right way to give the faith its central form of expression in the Liturgy." - Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, from the preface
