On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Jonathan J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (93 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

NY : Saint Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2020.

Summary:

"St Maximus the Confessor (c. 580-662) expounds the meaning of the Divine Liturgy in On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy. He draws on the tradition of the Celestial Hierarchy by Dionysius the Areopagite, and influences the subsequent tradition, beginning with St Germanus of Constantinople's commentary. Maximus situates his understanding of the liturgy within his bold synthetic theological vision, seeing Christ the Logos of the God reflected and manifested in the logoi of created things. For Maximus, all things are interrelated-the material and the spiritual, God and man, earth and heaven-and cohere in Christ (cf. Col 1.17)"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Preface

Notes

Introduction

By Jonathan J. Armstrong, Ph.D.

I. The Life of Maximus the Confessor:

II. Introduction to On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy

a. The Mystagogical Tradition in the Early Church

b. Outline of the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy:

c. The Ecclesiology of On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy:

d. The Cosmological Dimensions of the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy:

III. The Transmission of the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy:

On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy

(1) How and in What Mode the Holy Church Is the Image and Representation of God

(2) How and in What Mode the Holy Church is the Image of the Universe, which Subsists in Visible and Invisible41 Realities

(3) That The Holy Church of God Is The Image of The Sensible Realm Alone49

(4) How and in What Mode the Holy Church of God Symbolically Images a Human Being and, as a Human Being, is Imaged by a Human Being

(5) How and in What Mode, again, the Holy Church of God is the Image and Representation also of the Soul When Considered on Its Own

(6) How and in What Mode the Holy Scripture also Is Said to Be a Human Being

(7) How the Universe is Called a Human Being and in What Mode a Human Being is Called the Universe

(8) What is the Symbolism of the First Entrance of the Holy Synaxis and that which is Performed Thereafter

(9) What is the Interpretation of the Entrance of the People into the Holy Church of God

(10) What is the Symbolism of the Divine Readings

(11) What is the Symbolism of the Divine Songs

(12) What the Pronouncements of Peace Signify

(13) What is the Specific Symbolism, in Each Instance, of the Reading of the Holy Gospel and the Mystical Rites that Follow

(14) What is the General Symbolism of the Divine Reading of the Holy Gospel.

(15) What is the Symbolism of the Closing of the Doors of the Holy Church after the Reading of the Holy Gospel

(16) What the Entrance of the Holy Mysteries Signifies

(17) What is the Symbolism of the Kiss of Peace

(18) What the Divine Symbol of Faith Signifies

(19) What the Doxology of the Trisagion Signifies

(20) What is the Symbolism of the Holy Prayer, the "Our Father"

(21) What the Singing of Hymns at the Conclusion of the Mystical Liturgy Signifies-that is, the "One is Holy" and the Hymns that Follow

(22) How and in What Manner the Deifying and Perfecting Restoration of the Soul (When the Soul is Considered by Itself and in What concerns Each Properly and Individually) is Contemplated in the Above

(23) What is the Symbolism of the First Entrance of the Holy Synaxis in Reference to the Virtues of the Soul

(24) What are the Mysteries that the Grace of the Holy Spirit Who Abides in the Church Effects and Perfects through the Ordinances Performed in the Holy Synaxis among Those Who Are Faithful and Faithfully Assembled

Concerning the First Entrance:

Concerning the Readings:

Concerning the Songs:

Concerning the Holy Gospel:

Concerning the Closing of the Doors:

Concerning the Entrance of the Holy Mysteries:

Concerning the Kiss of Peace:

Concerning the Symbol:184

Concerning the Trisagion:

Concerning the Our Father:

Concerning the "One is Holy" and the Hymns that Follow

Concerning the Partaking

Summary

Conclusion

Notes.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Armstrong, Jonathan J. On the Ecclesiastical Mystagogy

ISBN:

9780881416527

OCLC:

1306062731