From Age to Age You Gather a People: A Historical, Liturgical and Theological Investigation of the Act of Gathering for Liturgical Celebrations KU Leuven
Since the earliest years of the Church, Christians have gathered in community to celebrate their Christ experience. This is attested in scripture and early Christian sources as well as in liturgical sources and in records of liturgical practices. The gathering of the faithful is the inmost reality and foundation of the Church. The liturgy is performed and accomplished through actions, signs and symbols, not only through prayers. The act of ...