This anthology surveys the development and theology of the liturgical year in the order of its historical evolution: From Sabbath to Sunday"; "From Passover to Pascha" (Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and Pentecost); and "From Pascha to Parousia" (Epiphany, Christmas, and Advent). In addition, introductory essays on the meaning of the liturgical year and a short concluding section on the sanctoral cycle ("From Parousia to Persons") are also provided.
While written as a companion to standard works in the field, beginning with graduate students in liturgy and seminarians, this book is intended for all - pastors, liturgists, catechists, religious educators - who seek to live according to the Church's theology of time as it is reflected in its calendar of feasts and seasons.
Through feast and fast, through festival and preparation, the liturgical year celebrates the presence of the already crucified and risen Christ among us today. Between Memory and Hope shows that to live between past and future, between memory and hope, is to remember Christ's passion as we encounter his presence among us now and as we await his coming again in glory.
Articles and their contributors are "The Liturgical Year: Studies, Prospects, Reflections," by Robert F. Taft, SJ; "Liturgical Time in the Ancient Church: The State of Research," by Thomas J. Talley; "Day of the Lord: Day of Mystery," by H. Boone Porter; "Sunday: The Heart of the Liturgical Year," by Mark Seale; "The Frequency of the Celebration of the Eucharist Throughout History," by Robert F. Taft, SJ; "History and Eschatology in the Primitive Pascha," by Thomas J. Talley; "The Origins of Easter," by Paul F. Bradshaw; "The Three Days and the Forty Days," by Patrick Regan, OSB; "The Veneration of the Cross," by Patrick Regan, OSB; "Holy Week in the Byzantine Tradition," by Robert F. Taft, SJ; "The Origin of Lent at Alexandria," by Thomas J. Taley; "Preparation for Pascha? Lent in Christian Antiquity," by Maxwell E. Johnson; "The Fifty Days and the Fiftieth Day," by Patrick Regan, OSB; "Making the Most of Trinity Sunday," by Catherine Mowry LaCugna; "Constantine and Christmas," by Thomas J. Taley; "The Origins of Christmas: The State of the Question," by Susan K. Roll; "The Appearance of the Light at the Baptism of Jesus and the Origins of the Feast of Epiphany," by Gabriele Winkler; "The Origins and Evolution of Advent," by Martin J. Connell; "On Feasting the Saints," by John F.Baldovin, SJ; "The Marian Liturgical Tradition," by Kilian McDonnell, OSB; "Forgetting and Remembering the Saints," by James F. White; "The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary: a Lutheran Reflection," by Maxwell E. Johnson; and "The Liturgical Year: Calendar for a Just Community," by John F. Baldovin, SJ.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Contributors ix
Maxwell E. Johnson
Introduction xi
I. INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS
Robert F. Taft, S.J.
1. The Liturgical Year: Studies, Prospects, Reflections 3
Thomas J. Talley
2. Liturgical Time in the Ancient Church: The State of Research 25
II. FROM SABBATH TO SUNDAY
H. Boone Porter
3. Day of the Lord: Day of Mystery 49
Mark Searle
4. Sunday: The Heart of the Liturgical Year 59
Robert F. Taft, S.J.
5. The Frequency of the Celebration of the Eucharist Throughout History 77
III. FROM PASSOVER TO PASCHA
Thomas J. Talley
6. History and Eschatology in the Primitive Pascha 99
Paul F. Bradshaw
7. The Origins of Easter 111
Patrick Regan, O.S.B.
8. The Three Days and the Forty Days 125
Patrick Regan, O.S.B.
9. Veneration of the Cross 143
Robert F. Taft, S.J.
10. Holy Week in the Byzantine Tradition 155
Thomas J. Talley
11. The Origin of Lent at Alexandria 183
Maxwell E. Johnson
12. Preparation for Pascha? Lent in Christian Antiquity 207
Patrick Regan, O.S.B.
13. The Fifty Days and the Fiftieth Day 223
Catherine Mowry LaCugna
14. Making the Most of Trinity Sunday 247
IV. FROM PASCHA TO PAROUSIA
Thomas J. Talley
15. Constantine and Christmas 265
Susan K. Roll
16. The Origins of Christmas: The State of the Question 273
Gabriele Winkler
17. The Appearance of the Light at the Baptism of Jesus and the Origins of the Feast of Epiphany:
An Investigation of Greek, Syriac, Armenian, and Latin Sources 291
Martin J. Connell
18. The Origins and Evolution of Advent in the West 349
V. FROM PASCHA TO PERSONS
John F. Baldovin, S.J.
19. On Feasting the Saints 375
Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B.
20. The Marian Liturgical Tradition 385
James F. White
21. Forgetting and Remembering the Saints 401
Maxwell E. Johnson
22. The One Mediator, the Saints, and Mary: A Lutheran Reflection 415
John F. Baldovin, S.J.
23. The Liturgical Year: Calendar for a Just Community 429
Acknowledgments 445
Subject Index 449
