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Sophia Institute Press
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[2022]
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223 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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"This fun and engaging book explores how the Old Testament is fulfilled in the New and how God chose Mary- the new Eve- to bear Jesus for our redemption... You'll also learn how to physically and spiritually prepare for Mass, how the Our Father signifies each aspect of the Mass, the underlying meaning of incense, candles, vestments, and more!"--Back cover
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While many of us are familiar with such famous words as, Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. or Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, we may not know that they originated with The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. Jacobs shows how The Book of Common Prayer--from...
4) Glory to God
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The new Presbyterian
hymnal, Glory to God, will be
published in September of 2013 but is
now available for pre-order for
individuals and congregations. This new
book of congregational song will
include:
• Over 800 hymns, psalms,
and spiritual
songs.
• Approximately 50% of
included hymns will be from the 1990
Presbyterian hymnal. The remaining
pieces will come from former
Presbyterian hymnals, other
denominational songbooks, and individual
authors...
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Is Christian worship best conceived as a creative, Spirit-fueled experience that any formalized structure necessarily inhibits, or are there any biblical prescriptions around for worship that Christians were meant to follow?
In light of recent research from various disciplines-including history, psychology, and New Testament studies - In Defense of Christian Ritual: The Case for a Biblical Pattern of Worship argues the latter.
Specifically, this...
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Is there a short explanation for what each part of the Traditional Latin Mass signifies? Why are there so many little movements, prayers, and gestures? Why does each matter?
Father Victor Hintgen, a seminary formator during the 1950s at the premier seminary in the world, the Louvain, gives short, succinct explanations of each part of the Traditional Latin Mass in his book What the Mass Means. The explications are simple enough for a child but deep...
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While the House Church Movement is gaining immense popularity
throughout many denominational and independent faith
communities""collectively standing as the largest "denomination" in the
United States""sacramental and liturgical congregations are taking only
the most tentative steps toward this venue of worship. Consequently,
there exists a vacuum of guidelines or information to support this
dynamic ministry model from a uniquely sacramental perspective.
In...
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The Church of Sweden is the largest Lutheran church body in the world, with 6.5 million members that represent about 70% of the Swedish population. The Meaning of Christian Liturgy illuminates and explains the changes that have occurred in the liturgy of the Church of Sweden from 1980 to 2000. In the process, this volume asks a number of questions of immense importance not only within Sweden but also for Christian churches in the English-speaking...
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In today's multicultural society, we are increasingly likely to meet and become friends with people from different religious backgrounds, and to find ourselves attending an unfamiliar ceremony. When this happens, there can be few of us who know exactly what to expect, or are confident about how to behave. This chapter from Do I Kneel or Do I Bow? will tell you everything you need to understand and take part in a Christian ceremony. Armed with this...
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En claro contraste con las religiones paganas, la experiencia cristiana no se basa en lo oculto, sino en lo revelado. No es una constante y progresiva búsqueda iniciática del hombre para descubrir los secretos de Dios, sino la manifestación directa de Dios al hombre. Por tal razón, el culto cristiano difiere en sus formas de todos los demás ritos religiosos: es luz reveladora, no tinieblas misteriosas.
Sin embargo, ello no ha sido impedimento...
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Can the 'reality' of the Eucharist be maintained online?
Author C. Andrew Doyle, in a well-researched and thoughtful study of both virtual reality and liturgy, argues that the Eucharist is not a formulaic rehearsal of words and rituals but an embodied and lived experience. This requires a shared place and presence. While the church should not shy away from virtual ministry, we should be wary of using the technological realm for the celebration of...
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One Friday in Jerusalem puts you in the sandals of Jesus as He bore His cross the brutal half mile to Calvary. Contemplate the sweat, the smells, the swelling crowds, the bark of soldiers, and the agonizing realities of crucifixion. And hear why each station of the cross is so meaningful for Andre, a minority among minorities in an ethnically sundered land.
Providing unique Middle Eastern glimpses into the Bible, One Friday in Jerusalem is a tour...
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This is perhaps the most comprehensive work on the Orthodox Church's divine services currently available in the English language. It was originally translated and printed before the Russian Revolution, but has since been re-edited to reflect current standards of English-language liturgical usage. The author begins with a discussion of the nature and origin of Divine services. He describes the church building, the persons who perform divine services...
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An all-in-one resource that helps both the
music director and pastor plan the worship services for each Sunday and
holy day of the year, The United Methodist Music and Worship Planner 2022-2023 is lectionary-based and places at your fingertips:
Weekly pages in spiral-bound format that help you plan the entire worship year, from September through August.
Eight or more suggested hymns for each service keyed to United Methodist worship resources:...
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BOOK THREE OF THREE. Written by a biblical scholar and church elder, this ambitious and thought-provoking guide, now available in three concise books, is designed to examine and explore beliefs that are prevalent in the evangelical Christian world today. New churches and denominations are emerging at a rapid pace, but are these congregations worshipping God in the way that He intended? Using Old and New Testament scripture, Dorricott traces the concept...
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Worship Worthy offers Jesus-centered truth and praise expressed through alliterative poetry. It celebrates the Person and Work of Jesus, mixing theology and doxology to provoke adoration in the deeper levels of the soul.
Well-suited for personal worship, family devotions, and homeschool, Sunday School, Children's Ministry, and Christian School curricula-it will help any who want to see and sense more of Christ.
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"A New Creed" is, by all accounts, a dominant feature of The United Church of Canada. Since its initial writing in 1968, it has come to be a primary symbol of the denomination in the ancient Christian (baptismal) sense of the word and also in the modern. The Search for a Symbol reveals the fascinating and largely untold story of "A New Creed's" origins. It also engages in an unprecedented historical, literary, and theological analysis of the creed's...
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This volume of “The Connections Worship Companion” offers complete liturgies-from the call to worship to the closing charge, with prayers and litanies for every need in between-for all worshiping occasions for the season after Pentecost of Year A. Part of the Connections commentary series, these worship resources help congregations illuminate the connections between Scripture and liturgical rhythms. A "Making Connections" essay precedes each liturgical...
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A guide to biblically shaped worship, which has the greatest missional impact in a post-Christian culture
By the Waters of Babylon examines a relationship between worship, culture, and evangelism that is centered in a desire for biblical fidelity rather than cultural relevance. Imagine how the Hebrews felt during their years of captivity in Babylon. How could they sing the songs they once sang in the spender of Jerusalem now that they sat in exile?...
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