Turning Towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical PrayerTurning towards the Lord presents an historical and theological argument for the traditional, common direction of liturgical prayer, known as "facing east," and is meant as a contribution to the contemporary debate about the Catholic liturgy. Lang, a member of the London Oratory, studies the direction of liturgical prayer from an historical, theological, and pastoral point of view. At a propitious moment, this book resumes a debate that, despite appearances to the contrary, has never really gone away, not even after the Second Vatican Council. Historical research has made the controversy less partisan, and among the faithful there is an increasing sense of the problems inherent in an arrangement that hardly shows the liturgy to be open to the things that are above and to the world to come. In this situation, Lang's delightfully objective and wholly unpolemical book is a valuable guide. Without claiming to offer major new insights, Lang carefully presents the results of recent research and provides the material necessary for making an informed judgment. It is from such historical evidence that the author elicits the theological answers that he proposes. |
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... Vatican Council seem to be the disappearance of Latin and the turning of the altars towards the people . Those who read the relevant texts will be astonished to learn that neither is in fact found in the decrees of the Council . The use ...
... book resumes a de- bate that , despite appearances to the contrary , has never really gone away , not even after the Second Vatican Council . The Innsbruck liturgist Josef Andreas Jungmann , one of the ar- ΙΟ Turning towards the Lord.
... , 2001 ) , 197-217 ; and ' Versus orientem — versus populum : Zum gegenwärtigen Diskussionsstand einer alten Streitfrage ' , ThRv 98 ( 2002 ) : 15-22 . the liturgy of the Second Vatican Council . Both Ratzinger Introduction 17.
... Vatican Council ' . Be that as it may , Gerhards concedes that there are deficiencies in con- temporary liturgical practice : Authors like Ratzinger and Lang have shown the problems inherent in the constant face - to - face position ...
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Contents
The Reform of the Liturgy and the Position of the Celebrant at the Altar | 21 |
Direction of Prayer Liturgy and Church Architecture in the Early Church | 35 |
The Direction of Prayer and the Position of the Celebrant at the Altar | 56 |
Liturgy and Church Architecture85 | 67 |
The Common Direction of Liturgical Prayer Its Theological and Spiritual Contents | 89 |
Turning to the LordThe Theological Dimension of Liturgical Practice | 100 |
The position of the celebrant and the sacrificial character of the Mass | 109 |