Dynamic equivalence : the living language of Christian worship / Keith F. Pecklers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pecklers, Keith F., 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vernacular Society.

Language question in the church--History.

Language question in the church.

Catholic Church--Liturgy--History.

Catholic Church.

Liturgics.

History.

Liturgical language--History.

Liturgical language.

Vernacular Society--History.

Physical Description:

xxi, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, [2003]

Summary:

In studying the history of the vernacular in worship beginning with the Christian Scriptures, Dynamic Equivalence uncovers the power of a living language to transform communities of faith. How we pray when we come together for common worship has always been significant, but the issue of liturgical language received unprecedented attention in the twentieth century when Latin Rite Roman Catholic worship was opened to the vernacular at Vatican II. Worshiping in one's native tongue continues to be of issue as the churches debate over what type of vernacular should be employed. Dynamic Equivalence traces the history of liturgical language in the Western Christian tradition as a dynamic and living reality. Particular attention is paid to the twentieth-century Vernacular Society within the United States and how the vernacular issue was treated at Vatican II, especially within an ecumenical context.

Contents:

Chapter 1 A Brief History of the Vernacular

1.2 The Early Church 1

1.3 The Eighth through the Fourteenth Centuries 4

1.3.1 Cyril and Methodius: "Apostles to the Slavs" 4

1.3.2 Developments Elsewhere in Europe 7

1.3.3 Vernacular Privileges for New Missionary Orders 9

1.4 The Council of Trent and the Vernacular Question 9

1.4.1 Post-Tridentine Vernacular Advances 11

1.4.2 Vernacular Translations in Western Europe 13

1.4.3 Vernacular Promotion in Britain 16

1.4.4 The English Catholic Enlightenment 19

1.4.5 Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Italy and the Vernacular 20

1.5 The Vernacular Issue in the Mission of John Carroll 24

1.6 The Nineteenth Century 28

1.7 Twentieth-Century Developments 31

Chapter 2 The Origins of the Vernacular Society: 1946-1956

2.1 Introduction: The St. Jerome Society 42

2.2 The Vernacular Society Is Born 45

2.2.1 The Early Years of the Vernacular Society 48

2.3 Membership 50

2.3.1 The Role of Colonel John Kimbell Ross-Duggan 52

2.4 The Vernacular Society Goes International: The Lugano Conference 55

2.5 Amen 56

2.6 The Latin-English Ritual 63

2.7 Strategy and Tactics: Tensions between the Vernacularists and the Hierarchy 69

Notes for Chapter 2 74

Chapter 3 Pressure for the Vernacular Mounts: 1956-1962

3.2 The Assisi Congress 78

3.3 "Soul-Searching" and the Call for Amalgamation 83

3.4 "Instruction on Sacred Music and Sacred Liturgy" 88

3.5 The Vernacular and the Missions 94

3.6 Society Membership and New Vernacular Initiatives 95

3.7 Amen and International Support for the Cause 99

3.8 New Challenges to the Promotion of the Vernacular 107

3.9 The Vernacular Petition 110

3.10 More Challenges for Vernacular Worship 115

3.10.1 Veterum sapientia 117

Chapter 4 Vernacular Worship and Ecumenical Exchange

4.2 Lessons from the Reformation 127

4.2.1 The English Reformation 129

4.2.2 The Reformation in Scandinavia 135

4.2.3 The Seventeenth through the Nineteenth Centuries: Movements in the Church of England 138

4.3 The Vernacular Issue in the Twentieth Century: Instrument of Ecumenical Hospitality 139

4.4 Lessons from Twentieth-Century Anglican Worship 146

4.4.1 The Book of Common Prayer 151

4.5 The Vernacular as an Instrument in the Search for Christian Unity 155

4.5.1 The Vernacular and the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity 157

4.6 The Wichita Conference of "Associated Parishes" 159

Chapter 5 Vatican II and the Vindication of the Vernacular Society: 1962-1965

5.2 The Burning Issue in the Liturgical Renewal 172

5.3 The Preparatory Liturgical Commission 173

5.3.1 Melkite Vernacular Privileges 175

5.3.2 The Vernacular Question and Vatican Diplomacy 177

5.4 The Second Vatican Council's First Session and the Vernacular Debate 180

5.4.1 The Vernacular Debate Unfolds 182

5.4.2 Debemus Levare Linguam Latinam 184

5.4.3 Vernacular in the Service of Cultural Adaptation 186

5.4.4 Hallinan's Ecumenical Plea for Vernacular Worship 189

5.4.5 The Pope Addresses the Council in the Vernacular 191

5.4.6 Vernacular Lobbying behind the Scenes 191

5.4.7 Discussion on the Liturgy Schema Concluded 193

5.4.8 The Vernacular Vote Is Cast 193

5.5 End of the First Session and Reactions to the Vernacular Vote 195

5.6 On the Future of the Vernacular Society 198

5.7 The Founding of the International Commission on English in the Liturgy 204

5.8 The Liturgy Constitution Approved 206

5.9 The Consilium and the Task of Implementing a Vernacular Liturgy 208.

Notes:

"A Pueblo book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.

ISBN:

0814661912

OCLC:

51294162