The Spirit of the Liturgy
Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
Considered by Ratzinger devotees as his greatest work on the Liturgy, this profound and beautifully written treatment of the "great prayer of the Church" will help readers rediscover the Liturgy in all its hidden spiritual wealth and transcendent grandeur as the very center of our Christian life.
In his own foreward to the book, Cardinal Ratzinger compares this work to a much earlier classic of the same title by Romano Guardini because Ratzinger feels that his insights here are similar with what Guardini achieved in his time regarding a renewed understanding of the Liturgy.
"My
purpose here is to assist this renewal of understanding of the Liturgy. Its
basic intentions coincide with what Guardini wanted to achieve. The only difference
is that I have had to translate what Guardini did at the end of the First World
War, in a totally different historical situation, into the context of our present-day
questions, hopes and dangers. Like Guardini, I am not attempting to involve
myself with scholarly discussion and research. I am simply offering an aid to
the understanding of the faith and to the right way to give the faith its central
form of expression in the Liturgy."
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Cardinal Joseph RatzingerJoseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, was for over two decades The Prefect for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under Pope John Paul II. He is the author of Spirit of the Liturgy, Salt of the Earth, Introduction to Christianity, God and the World, Milestones, Called to Communion, God Is Near Us, and many other works published by Ignatius Press.
ISBN:
9780898707847
Author: Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger
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Length: 250 pages
Edition: Hardcover
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Code: SPIL-H
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