Introduction to the History of the Liturgy

(1 Credit Hour) · Undergraduate

The course presents the sources of the liturgy and Christian prayer from the Scriptures and then from the eucological forms of the sacramentaries, the first collections of liturgical prayers, the liturgical space, the cults and cultures in the tradition of the ethos of the peoples. The history of the liturgy goes hand in hand with the history of kings and emperors who intervened in the government of the Church and the liturgy. A complex but enriching history to understand the evolution of the rites that still carry the faith of the Church through the contribution of the Councils. The course will also present other rites such as those of the Christian East which have influenced the Catholic liturgy. We will thus have all the elements to grasp how Tradition is alive, always evolving, never in rupture so that believers celebrate the cult in which Christ establishes them through baptism and makes them remain in the eschatological perspective.