Liturgical Reform after Vatican II: The Impact on Eastern by Nicholas E. Denysenko

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By Nicholas E. Denysenko

Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) used to be the 1st record promulgated through the second one Vatican Council. The impression of this record used to be huge and ecumenical—the liturgical reforms authorized by way of the Council reverberated all through Christendom, impacting the order and adventure of worship in Reformed and Orthodox church buildings. Unrecognized in such a lot stories, the Orthodox church buildings have been additionally energetic individuals within the liturgical circulate that received momentum during the Catholic and Protestant church buildings within the 20th century. This examine examines Orthodox liturgical reform after Vatican II during the lens of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical discussion. After constructing the retrieval of the priesthood of the laity and lively liturgical participation because the rationales for liturgical reform, the examine provides the historical past of liturgical reform via 4 types: the liturgical reforms of Alexander Schmemann; the choice liturgical heart within the Russian Orthodox Church outdoor of Russia (ROCOR); the symposia on liturgical rebirth approved by means of the Church of Greece; and the renewed liturgy of recent Skete Monastery. Following a dialogue of the most good points of liturgical reform, catechesis, ars celebrandi, and the position of the clergy, Denysenko concludes with feedback for enforcing liturgical reform within the demanding situations of postmodernity and in constancy to the contributions of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical dialogue.

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