LITURGICAL RENEWAL IN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES

by Michael J. -Ed. Taylor ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 1, 1967

The value of this collection lies in the fact that it gathers together into one volume the writings of Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox theologians on the liturgy, and principally on the Eucharist, and that the reader is able to perceive thereby an astonishing phenomenon: it is difficult, if not impossible to distinguish the Catholic from the non-Catholic contributors. The reason, of course, is that the liturgical renewal has enabled theologians of all denominations to liberate themselves (so long as they were willing to do so) from the polemicism of past centuries, and to investigate, with only a slight obeisance in the direction of their respective churches, the authentic Christian traditions which had hitherto been obbilated as much by the intransigence of Rome as by the pertinacity of Geneva. This new attitude of theologians, first to their sources and then, inevitably, to one another, is the first real step toward practical ; Liturgical Renewal in the Christian Churches, as a demonstration of that phenomenon, will be of interest not only to the theologian but also to the layman.

Pub Date: May 1, 1967

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Publisher: Helicon

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1967

Categories: NONFICTION