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Luigi Giussani
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February 2024
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Slant Books
Published
February 2024
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Living the Liturgy: A Witness
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There is an ancient Christian saying from the Patristic Era which is known in its most concise form as lex orandi, lex credendi. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church translates it: "The law of prayer is the law of faith: the Church believes as she prays."
While the elegant simplicity of the phrase contains an abundance of wisdom, the liturgy has always been subject to forces that threaten to reduce this understanding to partial interpretations. As several observers have noted, these reductions include the "archeological" approach-explicating the liturgy's historical origins but in the process treating it as a dead letter-and the sociological approach-focusing on liturgy as little more than an expression of contemporary concerns.
In Living the Liturgy: A Witness, Father Luigi Giussani (1922-2005) restores a more balanced view, reminding us that (according to Roberto Braschi's introduction) in the liturgy "God is its pres
Author
Luigi Giussani
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Slant Books
Published
February 2024
Weight
164g
Dimensions
140 x 216 x 8 mm
ISBN
9781639821594
ISBN-10
1639821597
Eden Code
6718335
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Author/Creator: Luigi Giussani
ISBN: 9781639821594
Publisher: Slant Books
Release Date: February 2024
Weight: 164g
Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 8 mm
Eden Code: 6718335