Carmelo P. Arada, Jr.
Readings
G. Dix: The Shape of the Liturgy (London 1965).
J. Jungmann: The Early Liturgy to the Time of Gregory the Great (London 1966).
T. Klauser: A Short History of the Western Liturgy (Oxford 1969).
C. Vogel: Medieval Liturgy. An Introduction to the Sources (Washington, D.C. 1986)
P.M. Gy: “History of the Liturgy in the West to the Council of Trent,” Church at Prayer, Vol. 1 (Collegeville 1987) pp. 45-61.
P. Jounel: “From the Council of Trent to Vatican Council II,” ibid., pp. 63-84.
P. Bradshaw: The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship (London 1992).
A. Adam: Foundations of Liturgy: An Introduction to Its History and Practice (Collegeville 1992).
A. Chupungco: “History of the Liturgy Until the Fourth Century,” Handbook for Liturgical Studies, Vol. 1 (Collegeville 1997) pp. 95-113.
Idem.: “History of the Roman Liturgy Until the Fifteenth Century,” ibid., pp. 131-152.
K. Pecklers: “History of the Roman Liturgy from the Sixteenth until the Twentieth Centuries,” ibid., pp. 153-178.
Introduction
Interpretation of historical facts: liturgy and cultural expressions; relative value of liturgical practices; role of local churches and church authorities in the development of liturgical forms; historical models and contemporary situation; liturgia semper reformanda.
The New Testament Period: “Fidelity and Autonomy”
1. The attitude of Jesus and the disciples: fidelity to the law, temple, and synagogue (Mt 5:17); freedom to reinterpret Jewish forms of worship: baptism, eucharist, anointing of the sick, laying on of hands, sacred scripture, fasting (Lk 24:44). 2. Jewish influence on the Christian forms of worship in apostolic time: liturgy of the word, baptismal rite, domestic celebration of the Eucharist, liturgical calendar; the new Christological meaning of these rites: “in the name of Jesus Christ” (Ac 2:38).
3. Places of worship: the Jerusalem temple, the synagogue, and