From Altar-Throne to Table
The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church
1st Edition
Published on 16. April 2010
262 pages
978-0-8108-7092-5 (ISBN)
Description
From Altar-Throne to Table: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church investigates what the celebrated scholar of liturgy Robert A. Taft, SJ, calls the greatest and most successful liturgical reform in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among American English-speaking Catholics, Holy Communion is a routine, weekly devotional practice. This book explains how and why this ritual sea-change happened.
This book emphasizes that significant ritual change may occur while liturgical texts remain the same, and it also proposes a method for understanding the causes for such a ritual change. It admonishes not to project current ritual practice into even our recent past. Further, it implies an explanation for the massive decline in Catholics' use of the sacrament of reconciliation.
This book emphasizes that significant ritual change may occur while liturgical texts remain the same, and it also proposes a method for understanding the causes for such a ritual change. It admonishes not to project current ritual practice into even our recent past. Further, it implies an explanation for the massive decline in Catholics' use of the sacrament of reconciliation.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-8108-7092-5 (9780810870925)
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Joseph Dougherty
From Altar-Throne to Table
The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church
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04/2010
Scarecrow Press
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Person
Joseph Dougherty, a De la Salle Christian Brother, teaches in the Religion Department of La Salle University.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Chapter 01. History of the Frequency of Holy Communion
- Chapter 02. Prelude to Pope Pius X
- Chapter 03. The Pope of Holy Communion
- Chapter 04. American Journals and Associations for Frequent Communion
- Chapter 05. Promotion of and Opposition to Frequent Communion
- Chapter 06. Competition among Pieties
- Chapter 07. Theology, Liturgical and Systematic
- Bibliography
- About the Author
