West Syrian liturgical theology / Baby Varghese.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varghese, Baby.

Series:

Liturgy, worship, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Syrian churches--Liturgy.

Syrian churches.

Syrian churches--Doctrines.

Liturgics.

Physical Description:

ix, 195 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2004]

Contents:

A Brief History of West Syrian Liturgy 1

Liturgical Diversity 2

The Greek Legacy 4

Distinctive Features 6

Theological Foundations of Leitourgia 8

1 Liturgical Theology: Scope and Method 10

2. Liturgical Theology and the History of the Ordo 11

3. The Theological Analysis of the Liturgical Fact 12

4. Comparative Study of Liturgy 13

5. Study of Liturgical Vocabulary 14

6. Liturgical Theology and the Biblical Exegesis 14

7. Question of Liturgical Reforms 15

8. Theological Synthesis 15

2 Leitourgia in the West Syrian Mystagogical Tradition 16

1. Beginning of the Mystagogia 16

2. Typological and Allegorical Commentaries 17

3. First Mystagogical Catechesis in Syriac 19

4. First West Syrian Commentaries 20

5. George, Bishop of the Arab Tribes 22

6. Liturgical Commentaries of Jacob of Edessa 25

7. Commentaries of Moses Bar Kepha 27

8. Commentary Attributed to John of Dara 29

3 Liturgical Vocabulary 35

1. Rozo 35

Rozo in Liturgical Use 36

A. Early use: Odes of Solomon and the Syriac Acts of Thomas 37

B. The liturgical commentaries 38

C. The West Syrian anaphoras and other liturgical texts 39

2. Teshmeshto 42

3. Qurobo; Qurbono 44

4. Other Important Terms 45

4 Liturgy as the Expression of Doctrine 47

1. Abba, Father! Liturgy and the Trinitarian Doctrine 50

2. The Trinitarian Structure of the Anaphora 53

3. Prayers Addressed to the Father 54

4. Eucharist and the Communion with the Holy Trinity 56

5 Liturgy as the Expression of Christology 58

1. The Christological Foundation 58

2. Prayers Addressed to Christ 61

3. Meaning of the Institution Narrative 64

4. Anamnesis and the Mystery of the Incarnation 66

5. Pre-Anaphora, Ordo Communis and the Post-Communion as Expressions of Christology 68

6. Preparation Rites and Christological Concerns 71

6 Pneumatology of the Liturgy 74

1. Pneumatological Foundations of Liturgy 74

2. Prayers Addressed to the Holy Spirit 77

3. Meaning and Function of the Epiclesis in the Saint James Liturgy 78

A. 'Send your Holy Spirit' 80

B. 'Sanctify and make' 84

C. The Encomium of the Spirit 85

4. The Presence of the Spirit in the Eucharist 88

5. Meaning of Consecration 89

7 The Festal Gathering: The Church and the Communion of Saints 92

1. The Spirit and the Bride say 'Come' (Rev. 22:17) 93

2. The Great Cloud of Witnesses: Liturgy and the Communion of Saints 95

3. The Mother of God 97

4. Those who have Pleased God 98

5. Place of the Diptychs 100

6. Anamnesis and the Commemorations 101

7. Epiclesis and the Commemorations 102

8 Witness to the Last Things 107

1. Eschatology and Pneumatology 107

2. Orientation Towards the East 109

3. For Ever and Ever 110

4. Repentance: the Sign of the Last Days and the New Life 111

5. Genuflection 115

6. Meaning of Fasting 115

7. Fasting as an Act of Repentance 116

8. Fasting and the Way of Salvation 118

9 Mystery of the Time 122

1. The Weekly Cycle 122

2. Mystery of the Day 124

3. Meaning of the Evening and the Darkness 125

4. 'Be Vigilant!': The Meaning of Lilyo 127

5. The Dawn Announces God's Victory 129

6. Themes of the Liturgical Hours 131

7. Themes of the Days and Hours 133

8. Eucharist and the Daily Offices 134

9. The Liturgical Year 135

10. Feasts of the Saints 138

11. The Meaning of Advent 140

10 The Meaning of the Ordo 144

1. Elements of the Ordo 145

2. The Eucharist and the Sacramental Celebrations 149

3. The Ordo of the Daily Office 150

4. Time and the Ordo 154

5. The Meaning of the Lectionary 155

6. The Meaning of Incense 156

7. Liturgical Music 162

8. The Meaning of the Liturgical Space 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-184) and indexes.

ISBN:

075460618X

0754606198

OCLC:

52714450