Research Catalog

Title

The liturgical environment : what the documents say / Mark G. Boyer.

Author

Boyer, Mark G.

Publication

Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, c1990.

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Details

Description

176 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"A useful compendium of present liturgical law on the liturgical environment. Calling to mind the norm of active participation as the guiding principle for all liturgical celebration, each chapter considers the ecclesial documents that pertain to the particular object under discussion, the thology found in the documents, and the praxis that flows from the theology. This book is for all persons who are involved in planning, building, decorating and worshiping in a sacred environment." [Back cover].

Subject

• Catholic Church > Liturgy
• Catholic Church > Liturgical objects
• Catholic church buildings
• Church buildings (Canon law)

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-176).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS -- Church: the gathering of the community -- The altar is Christ -- The table of the word of God -- The presidential chair -- The tomb and the womb of the church -- The tabernacle and Eucharistic reservation -- Christ the light -- Clothing the assembly -- The holy oils and their repository -- The place of reconciliation.

ISBN

0814619630

LCCN

^^^90019191^//r91

OCLC

• 22543489
• SCSB-10959431

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library