15. januar i \u00e5r holdt biskop Athanasius Schneider er foredrag i Paris for en gruppe som heter R\u00e9unicatho (og som jeg ikke kjenner til). Han holdt et foredrag om liturgien, som kan deles inn i fem hovedpunkter. Jeg tar med hovedpunktene og noen utvalgte deler:<\/p>\n
I \u2013 Turning our gaze towards Christ<\/p>\n
II \u2013 The Mass is intended to give glory to God, not to men<\/p>\n
III \u2013 The Six Principles of the Liturgical Reform<\/p>\n
The Second Vatican Council put forward the following principles regarding a liturgical reform:<\/p>\n
1. During the liturgical celebration, the human, the temporal, and action must be directed towards the divine, the eternal, and contemplation; the role of the former must be subordinated to the latter (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 2).
\n2. During the liturgical celebration, the realization that the earthly liturgy participates in the heavenly liturgy will have to be encouraged (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 8).
\n3. There must be absolutely no innovation, therefore no new creation of liturgical rites, especially in the rite of Mass, unless it is for a true and certain gain for the Church, and provided that all is done prudently and, if it is warranted, that new forms replace the existing ones organically (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 23).
\n4. The rites of Mass must be such that the sacred is more explicitly addressed (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 21).
\n5. Latin must be preserved in the liturgy, especially in Holy Mass (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 36 and 54).
\n6. Gregorian chant has pride of place in the liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 116).<\/p>\nThe Council Fathers saw their reform proposals as the continuation of the reform of Saint Pius X (Sacrosanctum Concilium 112 and 117) and of the servant of God Pius XII; indeed, in the liturgical constitution, Pius XII\u2019s Encyclical Mediator Dei is what is most often cited.<\/p>\n
Among other things, Pope Pius XII left the Church an important principle of doctrine regarding the Holy Liturgy, namely the condemnation of what is called liturgical archeologism. Its proposals largely overlapped with those of the Jansenistic and Protestant-leaning synod of Pistoia (see \u201cMediator Dei,\u201d 63-64). As a matter of fact they bring to mind Martin Luther\u2019s theological thinking. …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
IV \u2013 The five wounds of the liturgical mystical body of Christ<\/p>\n