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liturgy

  1. The Liturgist

    Any current or former Christian Church/Disciples of Christ members?

    I’ve been reading a book on your Eucharistic tradition and greatly enjoying it, so if there are any of you on CF.com, I would like to ask you some questions.
  2. The Liturgist

    Any members of the Christian Church/Disciples of Christ?

    Lately I have become fascinated with this denomination, in which Ronald Reagan grew up, interestingly; while I myself prefer infant baptism, I find myself fascinated by what seems to have been an ecumenical attitude on the part of Stone and Campbell before ecumenism was a thing, and also the...
  3. The Liturgist

    What Eucharistic Prayer Is This?

    At this lovely Reformation Sunday service held at Old North Church, a Eucharistic prayer was used which didn’t seem to correspond to any in the 1979 BCP. I even looked at Common Worship. Perhaps I missed something. The priest did say he and many congregants were originally of Lutheran...
  4. The Liturgist

    Does Your Church Recite the Creed on Sunday?

    I am seeking to find out how many members have the experience of Eastern, Oriental or Assyrian Orthodox, Roman and Eastern Catholics, most Anglicans and many Lutherans of hearing the Nicene, Apostles or even the Athanasian Creed every Sunday. If you are a member of a Protestant Church other...
  5. The Liturgist

    Please stop putting money/collection plates on the altar

    One thing I really wish would stop is the practice of putting monetary offerings right on the altar table, and also the incorrect use of the word “Offertory” to refer to the practice. In the context of liturgics, Offertory refers to the procession in which the unconsecrated bread and wine is...
  6. The Liturgist

    Evangelical Catholic Liturgics in Traditional Lutheran Churches

    I love the gorgeous Evangelical Catholic worship that we see associated with LCMS/LCC parishes in North America, such as that of my friend @MarkRohfrietsch, and which historically the Church of Sweden and the Augustana Synod were known for. I am curious, to what extent does this high church...
  7. The Liturgist

    On The Sacrament Of Confession

    This sacrament has been of huge benefit to me. It has freed me from guilt, assisted me in bereavement following the death of my father, and delivered me from a lifelong irrational fear and hatred of hearses, among other spiritual benefits. There are two ways to do confession, the first being...
  8. The Liturgist

    Unceasing Worship

    The focus of this blog is the description of prayer, mystical theology, liturgy, and liturgical beauty, which is to say, the beauty of how we worship our Lord, and the expressions of that worship, whether through ritual, sacred music, iconography and other artwork, and architecture.
  9. The Liturgist

    Liturgical Beauty in Practice

    I want to have an open ended discussion with members of Traditional Theology who have a strong connection to, or are priests, deacons or readers/lectors/psaltis in, liturgical or semi-liturgical churches, like my friends @MarkRohfrietsch , @hedrick , @Pavel Mosko, @dzheremi, @GreekOrthodox...
  10. The Liturgist

    Crazy Lectionary Idea

    I thought about posting this in Traditional Theology, but we have some new members who I think are interested in liturgics, who I am not sure are familiar with that forum. I would respectfully ask that if you aren’t familiar with lectionaries or are opposed to them, you post a separate thread...
  11. The Liturgist

    Liturgical Reform and Alienation, and Other Interesting Things

    Your post made me reflect on the interesting fact that in the history of the Christian church, in the past four centuries, the forcible implementation of a new liturgy substantially, or in some cases, only slightly, different from the old one, has produced some fairly spectacular schisms. The...
  12. The Liturgist

    Other than your own, what liturgical tradition is your favorite?

    Other than the liturgical rite in which you worship at your church, which form of the liturgy do you like the most? For me its a toss-up between the Ambrosian Rite of Milan, whose vestments, liturgical colors, lectionary, service structure and hymnography I adore, and the West Syriac Rite...
  13. The Liturgist

    New WELs Hymnal and other liturgical matters

    Christian Worship This new hymnal looks pretty interesting to me. I noted with pleasure that it included the Byzantine Rite Litany of Peace, which is in the 1959 Lutheran Hymnal and Service Book, but not the Lutheran Book of Worship (the ELCA “Green Book” and the LCMS “Blue Book” which is a...
  14. gitlance

    The Anglican Office Book

    Those on Facebook may be interested in joining this group pertaining to an upcoming resource: The Anglican Office Book “The Anglican Office Book is a complete resource for the recitation of the Daily Offices of the traditional 1928 Book of Common Prayer, supplemented with anthems, hymns...
  15. The Liturgist

    Lets talk about traditional liturgical Church Music

    In this forum we haven’t been talking much about Traditional Theology of late, so I thought we might have a thread to talk about the musical heritage of traditional theology. @dzheremi - your church has Tasbeha, one of my favorite traditions of ancient hymnody (as far as ancient church music...
  16. Reader Antonius

    On Liturgical Continuity: An Exultation

    Christ is Risen! Blessings during this Paschal octave. These 50 days are truly "one great Lord's Day" as St. Athanasius put it. Currently, I am engaging in an in-depth study of the Scriptures, but I am also researching things liturgical. My current engrossment revolves around liturgical...
  17. Reader Antonius

    A Fantastic Article on the Liturgy

    Christ is Risen! Blessed Paschal octave to every Catholic who observed Pascha yesterday! (I know there are some Eastern Catholics on older calendars still preparing for the high holy days). Given the "qurantine," I spent most of the Triduum following the Supreme Pontiff's liturgical...
  18. rakovsky

    Live Streaming of Services

    Now with so many people staying home, here is a review of some parishes with live streaming of services. (Consider what kinds of services they have, whether there is a sermon, video and audio quality, artwork) Holy Trinity Orthodox Church (OCA), East Meadow (Long Island), NY Wednesday, March 25...
  19. dzheremi

    Missing/lost anaphoras?

    Hi all, So I was just reading over today's readings in my Church (if I can't get to it physically, which I can't right now for various reasons, I figure I can at least still do that), and I noticed that one of the saints commemorated in today's Synaxarium entry is St. Marouta the Bishop, who I...
  20. Gott Esser

    You Are What You Love Book Review Preface-Chapter 3

    I am writing this book review as a practice to force me to critically engage with the book more and I am posting this because it will force me to be accountable to actually writing these reviews. I hope it is helpful to anyone interested in the book. And please feel free to push back if you...