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Living The Liturgy: A Witness. Title: Living The Liturgy: A Witness. Number of Pages: 122. Publication Date: 2024-02-20. Publisher: Slant Books. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Living The Liturgy: A Witness ISBN13: 9781639821600 ISBN10: 1639821600 Author: Giussani, Luigi (Author) Description: 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-Ent Subject And That The Essence Of Every Celebratory Action Is The Possibility Of A Gaze Toward Him-Because It Is Always From Him That The Dialogue With Humanity Moves The Memorable, Bracing Insights In Living The Liturgy Were Taken From Conversations That Father Giussani Had With Members Of The International Lay Movement He Founded, Communion And Liberation Binding: Hardcover, Hardcover Publisher: Slant Books Publication Date: 2024-02-20 Dimensions: 0.44'' H x 8.5'' L x 5.5'' W Number of Pages: 122 Language: English