#Liturgical

Byzantine Ambassador

The ninth-century Persian historian Al-Baladhuri tells us that when Alexandria fell to the Arabs in AD 642, “some of the Greek inhabitants left to join the Greeks somewhere else.” This “somewhere else” was

Prepping for my dissertation defense tomorrow I'll be reflecting here throughput the day on some of the contributions i think my dissertation is making to both the scholarly conversation and

1. In my opinion, both sides of the Old Calendar(Julian)/New Calendar("revised Julian") debate in Orthodoxy have valid points, but neither position goes far enough. Only the full embrace of the

Carmelite Quotes

carmelitequotes

Today we visit the archives of the Discalced Carmelite Order to investigate the reform of the Teresian liturgical calendar after the Second Vatican Council. Some interesting details emerge!http://carmelitequotes.blog/2020/10/20/quote-of-the

benjamindcrosby

Big inside baseball Episcopal Church liturgy thread incoming, feel free to mute this thread if you'd prefer to not deal with it. So, our Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer

Aaron Siver 📌

Some thoughts on cultural warfare, spiritual warfare, and liturgical warfare: 1. If there's a culture war, who's the enemy? If my neighbor with a face and a name is my

Are American Catholics aware that frequent communion was a rarity throughout much of the medieval period and was only reintroduced through the liturgical reforms of Pope St Pius X in

Hans Fiene 🦬

LCMS, put me on the next hymnal committee. Here's my agenda: 1. NO MORE OPTIONS IN THE DIVINE SERVICE SETTINGS. One Divine Service will have the Gloria, for example. Another

is it my protestantism, the lingering of a childhood raised in the lowest of low churches (aka Southern Californian evangelical), secularisation, or something else that has me completely unmoved by

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg

In advance of Rosh Hashana, I want to unpack one of the most loaded bits of liturgy in the tradition. “Who will live and who will die? Who by the

Today’s #SyriacPalimpsestsMonday I would like to devote to the oldest dated #Biblical #manuscript in existence. Those familiar with the field of #Syriac studies, might think in this respect of the

Hans Fiene 🦬

Why I advocate the historic Lutheran liturgy and why I am skeptical of the confessional subscription of those who do not use it, a thread: 1. The Word of God

Alex 🇻🇦🇺🇸

tokiIIthedragon

By no longer radtrad I mean:1. Vatican II's proper interpretation is in continuity with Tradition and the Church says so.2. The Novus Ordo Missae is a validly promulgated liturgy and

Lisa Fagin Davis

OK, brace yourselves, because here comes a REALLY LONG THREAD on liturgical calendars, starring the great Sherborne Missal (a.k.a. @BLMedieval Add MS 74236):http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100104060212.0x000001#?c=0&m=0&a

If the Latin Mass becomes restricted once more, don't fret. Here are some of the liturgies that will still be available. 1) The Clown Liturgy 2) The people hiding under

Hannah Brockhaus

HannahBrockhaus

I'm feeling nostalgic as I begin my 5th Holy Week & Easter in Rome; this is one of the most beautiful & spectacular liturgical periods in the Church & especially