Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 83 No. 3, 2013.
Pregledni rad
Liturgy, a Privileged Locus for The Confession of Faith
Zvonko Pažin
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet u Đakovu Sveučilišta Josipa Jurja Strossmayera u Osijeku, Đakovo, Hrvatska
Sažetak
The author demonstrates that liturgy is a privileged locus where the Church celebrates what it believes and where the mysteries of our salvation are being realised. In that sense, the Church still accepts today the ancient formula from the 5th century, lex orandi - lex credendi. The author shows that the Church has followed this principle from its beginnings. The Church Fathers emphasised that the liturgical tradition is as important for the Church as the Scripture. That liturgy was an expression of faith for them is evident, among other things, from the fact that the confession of faith was an integral part of the ritual of baptism. Apart from that, the Church Fathers were explaining the content of faith to the newly baptised by explaining the rituals of the sacraments of initiation. As an example of the aforementioned principle in the presently liturgy the author points out that even in the present-day Eucharistic prayers, which are mainly based on ancient sources, one can read-out the basic Christian teaching that Christ's salvation is present and efficient in a community that worships, where the emphasis is on hodie (today), that is, on availability of salvation through present-day worship. As a certain inconsistency, the author points out that the words for institution of Eucharist (»body which will be given«, »blood which will be spilled«) which are in the present tense in the New Testament are translated in Latin typical edition (following Vulgate) in the future tense. In some vernacular translations the words are in the present tense, while in others they are in the future tense. The present tense is more appropriate because it is more faithful to the New Testament and because of the theological meaning of actualisation of the Eucharistic sacrifice that is being celebrated. At the end, as an excellent example of the consistency of liturgy and contents of the Christian faith, the author mentions the feast day of Assumption of Mary, which has been celebrated from the 7th century and which has been declared to be a truth of faith by the Catholic Church in the 20th century.
Ključne riječi
lex orandi - lex credendi; confession of faith; mystagogical catechesis; hodie in liturgy; the words of institution (verba institutionis); translation of missal; Assumption of Mary
Hrčak ID:
109823
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Datum izdavanja:
25.10.2013.
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