Der Genfer Psalter und seine Rezeption in Deutschland, der Schweiz und den Niederlanden (Fruhe Neuzeit, #97)
Der reformierte Genfer Psalter gehoert zu den wirkungsgeschichtlich bedeutendsten Literatur- und Musikwerken des 16. Jahrhunderts. Die Psalmendichtungen des Clement Marot und Theodore de Beze erfuhren - nicht zuletzt dank der kongenialen Vertonungen - seit Erscheinen der ersten Gesamtausgabe (1562) sowohl in der franzoesischen Originalversion als auch in zahlreichen UEbersetzungen europaweite Verbreitung und gewannen vor allem im deutschsprachigen Raum erheblichen Einfluss auf die Entwicklung de...
Is it ever appropriate for non-Catholic Christians to receive Holy Communion at a Catholic Mass? What should a pastor do to preserve the holiness and the purpose of Communion? What happens when a non-Catholic receives Holy Communion? How should a Catholic pastor respond to non-Catholics who wish to have communion without conveying harshness, scrupulosity, legalism, or rudeness? Intended to help Christians recognize the present provisional norms and to see new possibilities in eucharistic sharing...
Karl Barth and the Theology of the Lord's Supper (Issues in Systematic Theology, #1)
by Paul D. Molnar
This book provides resources for simple services for weekdays throughout the year. The services have been tried, tested and successfully used and are ideal for small, informal groups. Each service includes a short, straightforward reading taken from the Gospels or Epistles and a comment. The latter takes the form of a brief exposition which draws on ordinary experience and every day life. There are also suggestions for prayer, either there and then or privately after the service is over. Often,...
From its probable beginnings as an interrogatory creed for catechumens to its current place in the Sunday liturgy, the Apostles' Creed has played an integral role in the sacraments of the church. The symbol of faith, as it was called by generations of Christians, was not only a vehicle of orthodox instruction but a profession of faith of profound beauty and meaning to be memorized and pondered for a lifetime. It is this Creed, a lasting achievement of the Christian tradition that Nicholas Ayo, C...
Traveller's Guide to Places of Worship
by Charles Kightly and Michael Cyprien