Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger: The Spirit of the Liturgy (book)
| The Spirit of the Liturgy |
| Author(s) |
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) |
| Country |
United States |
| Language |
English (translated from German) |
| Subject(s) |
Liturgy, Theology |
| Publisher |
Ignatius Press |
| Publication date |
2000 |
| Media type |
Print, |
The Spirit of the Liturgy was written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI), before his ascension to the papacy.
EXCERPTS FROM The Spirit of the Liturgy [1]:
- “The Altar and the Direction of Liturgical Prayer | The re-shaping so far described, of the Jewish synagogue for the purpose of Christian worship, clearly shows--as we have already said--how, even in architecture, there is both continuity and newness in the relationship of the Old Testament to the New.”
- “Music and Liturgy | The importance of music in biblical religion is shown very simply by the fact that the verb "to sing" (with related words such as "song", and so forth) is one of the most commonly used words in the Bible.”
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