Reclaiming Vatican II

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Publisher : Ave Maria Press
ISBN 13 : 1646800303
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (468 download)

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Book Synopsis Reclaiming Vatican II by : Fr. Blake Britton

Download or read book Reclaiming Vatican II written by Fr. Blake Britton and published by Ave Maria Press. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a first-place award for a first time author and second-place in popular presentation of the faith from the Catholic Media Association. During the past five decades, the Second Vatican Council has been alternately celebrated or maligned for its supposed break with tradition and embrace of the modern world. But what if we’ve gotten it all wrong? Have Catholics—both those who embrace the spirit of Vatican II and those who regard it with suspicion—misunderstood what the council was really about? Fr. Blake Britton discovered the truth and beauty of the council while he was in seminary and he has witnessed firsthand the power of its teachings in the life of his own parish. In Reclaiming Vatican II—a partnership between Ave Maria Press and Word on Fire Catholic Ministries—Britton presses beyond the political narrative foisted upon the post-conciliar Church and contends that Vatican II was neither conservative nor liberal, but something much more beautiful and challenging. Britton clears up misconceptions about the council and reveals how—when properly understood and applied—it fosters a richer experience of being in the Church. Britton says Vatican II promotes a radical return to the Church Fathers and the Scriptures, holding both a commitment to tradition and the need for constant renewal in life-giving balance, recenters the Church on sacred liturgy and encourages both active participation and genuine encounter with transcendence, and charts a clear path for the Church’s renewal and empowers it for evangelism and transformative engagement with the world. Britton invites all Catholics to step beyond the polarization and embrace Vatican II as one of our greatest resources for being in the Church in a way that is faithful, engaged, and effective if we answer its radical call to worship and renewal.

The Liturgy After Vatican II

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Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 1681495171
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (814 download)

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Book Synopsis The Liturgy After Vatican II by : Denis Crouan

Download or read book The Liturgy After Vatican II written by Denis Crouan and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crouan, the author of several studies on liturgical questions including the book The Liturgy Betrayed presents another penetrating work on the state of the Eucharistic Liturgy, the problems and errors that still exist, and how to correct these abuses. The responses Crouan has received to all of his writing and speaking on this topic from Catholics of every stripe show the weariness and confusion of many of the faithful regarding the Sacred Liturgy. Crouan says that the great majority of Catholics need and want, not celebrations that are "pastorally correct", but a Eucharistic liturgy that offers all the guarantees of Catholicity and leads them to an authentic contemplation of the mysteries being celebrated. He expresses the urgency needed to examine what is going on in parish churches, and to clarify matters by acknowledging the liturgical errors in order to establish a greater fidelity to the real teaching of Vatican II and the Roman Missal.

Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II

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Publisher : TAN Books
ISBN 13 : 1618904337
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (189 download)

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Book Synopsis Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II by : Michael Davies

Download or read book Liturgical Time Bombs In Vatican II written by Michael Davies and published by TAN Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Davies shows how Fr. Annibale Bugnini--before his dismissal by Pope Paul VI under suspicion of being a Freemason--was able to "reform" the Catholic Mass into the constantly evolving liturgy. Quoting Bishops and Cardinals as well as liberal "experts" and Protestant observers, he exposes the "time bombs" which were built into the Second Vatican Council's document on the liturgy by a few revolutionaries in order to be exploited later--and which have been detonating ever since. "I am convinced that the crisis in the Church that we are experiencing is to a large extent due to the disintegration of the liturgy."--Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), 1998.

Vatican I and Vatican II

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814683398
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Book Synopsis Vatican I and Vatican II by : Kristin M Colberg

Download or read book Vatican I and Vatican II written by Kristin M Colberg and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vatican I and Vatican II represent two of the three ecumenical councils in modern times, yet relatively few studies have sought to understand their relation to one another. In fact, the councils are often positioned as mutually exclusive so that one must choose either Vatican I’s or Vatican II’s presentations of church and ecclesial authority. Failing to understand the relationship between these councils inhibits the church’s self-understanding and risks misinterpreting key aspects of its own tradition; further, it limits the church’s ability to teach effectively on topics of concern to modern women and men, such as authority, freedom, and ecclesiology. Vatican I and Vatican II: Councils in the Living Tradition uses the questions of what, why,and how the councils taught to frame and demonstrate significant points of continuity, complementarity, and difference between them. It argues that only by seeing both Vatican I and Vatican II as communicating vital dimensions of the Christian faith can the church’s living tradition be fully appreciated and speak meaningfully to modern Christian women and men.?

Vatican Council II

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Publisher : ATF Press
ISBN 13 : 1922239348
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)

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Book Synopsis Vatican Council II by : Elizabeth Harrington

Download or read book Vatican Council II written by Elizabeth Harrington and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2013-08-31 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacrosanctum Concilium opened the door to all Christians to understand the contemporary challenge to their life and health, and it started with the reform of the liturgy. In the words of Paul VI the liturgy is the 'first source of life communicated to us, the first school of our spiritual life, the first gift we can give to Christian people by our believing and praying, and the first invitation to the world.' That is surely true for all of us.

Reforming the Liturgy

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 0814662803
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (146 download)

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Book Synopsis Reforming the Liturgy by : John F. Baldovin

Download or read book Reforming the Liturgy written by John F. Baldovin and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2016-03-24 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2009 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! Perhaps no liturgical scholar of our time is better ale than John Baldovin to write with clarity and accuracy about the meaning of the church's liturgy and the history of its development in the last half century. In this summary volume on the reform of the liturgy since the Second Vatican Council, Baldovin pinpoints and assesses 'both sympathetically and critically 'the objections to changes in the liturgy since the council, focusing on philosophical, historical-critical, and theological questions. After addressing each criticism in turn, in a final chapter he assesses the critique of post 'Vatican II liturgy as a whole, affirming what is accurate and necessary, rejecting what is backward looking, and proposing a set of principles to guide future development. No one who studies or participates in liturgical action in the twenty-first century can afford to overlook this book. John F. Baldovin, SJ, is professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. His most recent books include Bread of Life, Cup of Salvation and The Urban Character of Christian Worship.

Liturgy

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Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809144723
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (447 download)

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Book Synopsis Liturgy by : Rita Ferrone

Download or read book Liturgy written by Rita Ferrone and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, presents and analyzes its main points, and describes how its agenda has fared on its sometimes tumultuous journey from the time of Vatican II up to the present. (Publisher).

Modern Catholicism

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Book Synopsis Modern Catholicism by : Adrian Hastings

Download or read book Modern Catholicism written by Adrian Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council in 1963, he could not have predicted the dramatic transformation of modern Roman Catholicism that would result from its deliberations. Its influence has reached into every aspect of Catholic life and continues to be felt and hotly debated to the present day. In this sweeping new study, edited by the eminent British Catholic theologian Adrian Hastings, a distinguished team of international scholars provides a complete history of the Council and assesses its impact on the last quarter century of Catholic thought and practice. The contributors consider the reign of John XXIII and his immediate predecessors and successors, the history of the Council, and each of the sixteen documents it issued, which together represent perhaps the most authoritative church teaching of this century, embodying radical changes in the liturgy and greater participation in services by lay members. But Vatican II also left behind many unresolved controversies (such as celibacy of priests and birth control) and the contributors also examine these and other issues, including the role of women in the Church, homosexuality, divorce, and war and the nuclear predicament. In addition, the impact of the Council on different parts of the world is discussed, giving full weight to the emergence of liberation theology in Latin America and the Philippines, and the desire of African and Asian Catholics to assimilate aspects of their traditional culture into Church life. Modern Catholicism offers us a new map for understanding the challenges faced by the Church as we approach the end of the second millennium of Christianity. Commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of Vatican II, this book is destined to become the standard resource on the Council and its influence.

Mass Exodus

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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198837941
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Book Synopsis Mass Exodus by : Stephen Bullivant

Download or read book Mass Exodus written by Stephen Bullivant and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council with the prophecy that 'a new day is dawning on the Church, bathing her in radiant splendour'. Desiring 'to impart an ever increasing vigour to the Christian life of the faithful', the Council Fathers devoted particular attention to the laity, and set in motion a series of sweeping reforms. The most significant of these centred on refashioning the Church's liturgy--'the source and summit of the Christian life'--in order to make 'it pastorally efficacious to the fullest degree'. Over fifty years on, however, the statistics speak for themselves. In America, only 15% of cradle Catholics say that they attend Mass on a weekly basis; meanwhile, 35% no longer even tick the 'Catholic box' on surveys. In Britain, the signs are direr still. Of those raised Catholic, just 13% still attend Mass weekly, and 37% say they have 'no religion'. But is this all the fault of Vatican II, and its runaway reforms? Or are wider social, cultural, and moral forces primarily to blame? Catholicism is not the only Christian group to have suffered serious declines since the 1960s. If anything Catholics exhibit higher church attendance, and better retention, than most Protestant churches do. If Vatican II is not the cause of Catholicism's crisis, might it instead be the secret to its comparative success? Mass Exodus is the first serious historical and sociological study of Catholic lapsation and disaffiliation. Drawing on a wide range of theological, historical, and sociological sources, Stephen Bullivant offers a comparative study of secularization across two famously contrasting religious cultures: Britain and the USA.

The Transformation of American Catholicism

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Publisher : University of Notre Dame Press
ISBN 13 : 9780268033194
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (331 download)

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Book Synopsis The Transformation of American Catholicism by : Timothy I. Kelly

Download or read book The Transformation of American Catholicism written by Timothy I. Kelly and published by University of Notre Dame Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Pittsburgh Diocese (1950s-1970s) to reveal how the Second Vatican Council fits within a longer history of changes already taking place in the Catholic Church.

Imbued with the Spirit of the Liturgy

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Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
ISBN 13 : 1616711337
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (167 download)

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Book Synopsis Imbued with the Spirit of the Liturgy by : Joshua R. Brommer

Download or read book Imbued with the Spirit of the Liturgy written by Joshua R. Brommer and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2013 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of 10 key insights from CSL that have shaped the Mass we celebrate today.Reverend Joshua R. Brommer, STL, is the Administrative Assistant to the Bishop and the Director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of Harrisburg. He earned his Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, in 2007 with a focus in Sacramental Theology and the doctrine of grace. Since ordination, he has served as parochial vicar in three parishes in the Diocese of Harrisburg, taught in the Diocesan Permanent Diaconate Formation program, and offered many classes, lectures, and retreats.

What We Have Done, What We Have Failed to Do

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Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 1587682974
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (876 download)

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Book Synopsis What We Have Done, What We Have Failed to Do by : Kevin W. Irwin

Download or read book What We Have Done, What We Have Failed to Do written by Kevin W. Irwin and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheds light on and invites discussion about the experience in which Catholics have been engaged since the Second Vatican Council in implementing and praying the liturgy as reformed after the council.

Liturgical Reform after Vatican II

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Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506401449
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Book Synopsis Liturgical Reform after Vatican II by : Nicholas E. Denysenko

Download or read book Liturgical Reform after Vatican II written by Nicholas E. Denysenko and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacrosanctum Concilium (SC) was the first document promulgated by the Second Vatican Council. The impact of this document was broad and ecumenical—the liturgical reforms approved by the Council reverberated throughout Christendom, impacting the order and experience of worship in Reformed and Orthodox Churches. Unrecognized in most studies, the Orthodox Churches were also active participants in the liturgical movement that gained momentum through the Catholic and Protestant Churches in the twentieth century. This study examines Orthodox liturgical reform after Vatican II through the lens of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical dialogue. After establishing the retrieval of the priesthood of the laity and active liturgical participation as the rationales for liturgical reform, the study presents the history of liturgical reform through four models: the liturgical reforms of Alexander Schmemann; the alternative liturgical center in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR); the symposia on liturgical rebirth authorized by the Church of Greece; and the renewed liturgy of New Skete Monastery. Following a discussion of the main features of liturgical reform, catechesis, ars celebrandi, and the role of the clergy, Denysenko concludes with suggestions for implementing liturgical reform in the challenges of postmodernity and in fidelity to the contributions of Catholic-Orthodox ecumenical dialogue.

Called to Participate

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Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814629420
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (294 download)

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Book Synopsis Called to Participate by : Mark Searle

Download or read book Called to Participate written by Mark Searle and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A theology of liturgical prayer and participation"--Provided by publisher.

Transforming Catholicism

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Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780739118030
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Book Synopsis Transforming Catholicism by : David R. Maines

Download or read book Transforming Catholicism written by David R. Maines and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is among the first social scientific studies of liturgical change in the Catholic church. The analysis is guided by a consistent theory of policy implementation, and it uses first-hand empirical data to ground its assessment and conclusions.

Mass Misunderstandings

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
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Book Synopsis Mass Misunderstandings by : K. D. Whitehead

Download or read book Mass Misunderstandings written by K. D. Whitehead and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first document enacted by the Second Vatican Council was its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, and the liturgical reform mandated by that document has probably had a greater impact on the average Catholic than any other action of the Council. That this liturgical reform has not in every respect been the unalloyed success hoped for by the Council Fathers, however, has only been grudgingly recognized. The liturgists and other Church officials responsible for implementing the reforms have had a vested interest in claiming success, even where there was evidence to the contrary. Nevertheless, the many and sometimes abrupt liturgical changes made were bound to affect long-established modes of worship and devotion - not to speak of the drastic move from Latin to the vernacular, which came shortly after the Council, and which necessarily entailed radical change in the Church's worship. In July 2007, Pope Benedict XVI signaled that the liturgical question needed to be revisited when he issued a motu proprio that allowed, some fortyplus years after the end of the Council, a wider celebration of the unreformed pre-Vatican-II Mass in Latin as an "extraordinary" form of the Roman rite. While the pope's motu proprio was not a repudiation or cancellation of the Vatican II liturgical reforms - as some liturgists feared (and some tradition-alists hoped) - it did indicate a sane and sensible papal recognition that liturgy must be developed organically, not "manufactured" by a "committee." Above all, the pope recognized that the question of the liturgy must be approached realistically in the light of how the reforms have actually worked out, not of how some have imagined that they might or should have worked out. This book by Kenneth D. Whitehead, who has written extensively both on Vatican II and on the liturgy, explains Pope Benedict's action in its proper context and describes the reactions to it, while making special reference to some of the pontiff's own extensive previous writings on the liturgy. The author then doubles back to evaluate the Vatican II liturgical reforms generally - how and why they were enacted, what has actually come about as a result of them, and how and why a "reform of the reform" is now called for. Book jacket.

Letters on Liturgy

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ISBN 13 : 9781621385127
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (851 download)

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Book Synopsis Letters on Liturgy by : Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Download or read book Letters on Liturgy written by Fr. Dwight Longenecker and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fr. Dwight Longenecker's witty, wise, and down-to-earth letters blend a love of literature, drama, and art with decades of experience as a pastor. They leave technical jargon, arcane arguments, and unrealistic ideals behind, offering in their stead accessible, practical ways to bring beauty and reverence back into Catholic worship.