The Spirit of the Liturgy

The Spirit of the Liturgy

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Author	Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI)
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Liturgy Theology
Publisher	Ignatius Press
Publication date	2000
Media type	Print

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The Spirit of the Liturgy (German: Der Geist der Liturgie) is a 2000 book written by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) before his ascension to the papacy.

Excerpts

• “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.”^[1]

References

External links

• The Spirit of the Liturgy (Ignatius Press, 2000)
• Fr. John Riccardo’s “Theology On Tap” series on The Spirit of the Liturgy

Pope Benedict XVI
Born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, 16 April 1927 Pope (2005‒2013) Dean of the College of Cardinals (2002‒2005) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1981‒2005) Archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977‒1982)
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