Category: 3_SCHOLARSHIP
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Excellent Article on Translation at Vatican Website
The Motu Proprio from Francis itself establishes its governing criteria: return to the Second Vatican Council.
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The Relationship between Magnum Principium and Liturgicam Authenticam
The principles of translation in Magnum Principium can be harmonized fairly easily with those of Liturgiam authenticam, with renewed emphasis given to the importance of the comprehension of the text by the recipients. – Bishop Brian Dunn
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Liturgy for the Unaffiliated
An interesting interplay of folksy rock and electronica, The Liturgists’ stuff is not another version of the “Jesus Is My Boyfriend” track that characterizes some versions of praise and worship or contemporary Christian pop.
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A Protestant’s Love for Mary
Growing up Presbyterian, we didn’t talk about her much.
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Icons: An Advent Reality
Icons are not aesthetic objects at which we look but modalities of incarnation by which we encounter the divine.
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Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) on the First Session of Vatican II
“The liturgy schema created a spirit of optimism and permitted the progressive forces to get to working immediately.”
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Eamon Duffy on the Mass translation of 2011
It is not only “liberals” who critique Liturgiam Authenticam and the bizarre translation that it led to; scholars of impeccable academic and “conservative” credentials reach the same conclusion.
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German Bible Scholar Defends “And lead us not into temptation”
This is the correct translation of the Greek text of the New Testament
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Spiritual, Religious, Media, and Music
“The combination of passivity, consuming, quality, and place has combined to help the phenomenon of the “destination church” emerge.”