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Liturgical Movement
Liturgical Movement. A movement aimed at restoring the active participation of the laity in the official worship of the Church. In the RC Church the revival may be traced to P. L. R. Guéranger, but its main impetus came from Pius X's direction relating to Church music (1903) and his promotion of frequent Communion. It was fostered by certain Benedictine abbeys. At about the time of the Second World War in France and slightly later in Germany the momentum of the movement spread beyond the monastic centres into the parishes. The attempt to restore the scrupulous observance of the liturgy in the form in which it had developed was joined by pressure for the reform of the rite itself, in order to bring it more into line with earlier liturgical practice and with contemporary pastoral needs. Pius XII began a reform of the liturgical rites with the revision of the Holy Week liturgy in 1951 and 1955. The Second Vatican Council encouraged the participation of the laity, and legislated for the use of the vernacular and the reform of the rites (a new Ordo Missae, lectionary, and calendar appeared in 1969 and a definitive new Missal in 1970; for the new rites of Baptism, Confirmation, etc., see s.vv.). More recently consideration has been given to the possibility of adapting liturgies for use in different parts of the world where different cultures prevail.
In the C of E the Ritualist Movement, inaugurated by the Tractarians to give a central place to sacramental worship, developed in the early 20th cent. Subsequently there have been changes in the pattern of Sunday worship, with a tendency to replace the various morning services with one ‘Parish Communion’; ceremonial designed to stress the corporate aspects of the liturgy has been widely taken over from the RC Church. In other Churches there has been a similar reaction against individualism. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LiturgicalMovement.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-LiturgicalMovement.html |
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Liturgical Movement
Liturgical Movement. C20 Movement of which the object was an increasing involve-ment of the laity in worship. It brought the altar nearer the congregation, physically and visually, and involved considerable reordering of church interiors, often (but not always) to the detriment of the architecture.
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Liturgical Movement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Liturgical Movement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-LiturgicalMovement.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "Liturgical Movement." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-LiturgicalMovement.html |
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Liturgical Movement
Liturgical Movement. A 20th-cent. movement in W. Churches to revitalize liturgical worship and give the congregation a more active part in it. It began among RC religious communities (often dated from an address by Benedictine L. Beauduin in 1909) with efforts to make assembly for worship the main place where people learn and grow in faith.
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JOHN BOWKER. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-LiturgicalMovement.html JOHN BOWKER. "Liturgical Movement." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-LiturgicalMovement.html |
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