Liturgy Questionnaire

1. Etymologically, what does the word liturgy mean?

It comes from Greek and means service done to the people or service provided for the good.
common

2. Who first included the term 'cult' in the definition of liturgy?

Masons

3. What is the purpose of Christian worship?

To give glory to God and to consecrate and sanctify man

4. What are the characteristics of the Christian faith?

Spiritual and sensitive, personal and communal, glorifies God and sanctifies man.

5. What are the three ways to approach the subject matter of Liturgy and what do they consist of?

a) Historical-Etiological Pathway:
It reaches the origin and evolution of liturgical signs and acts, distinguishing between what
substantial, what is the result of the will of Christ and of the Church and what is the result of
a symbiosis between Christian faith and the cultural genius of the peoples.

b) Theological Way:
Interprets the liturgy from the Christian revelation, through this means the liturgical science approaches.
to systematic theology. The theological reflection on liturgy gives due importance to
the orders or rituals of the Eucharist, of the sacraments and sacramentals and other books
liturgical.

c) Anthropological Way:
It takes into account the anthropological-cultural, psychological, and linguistic keys of a
celebration to capture their religious, expressive, and communicative capacity. Take advantage of the
contributions of the human sciences to understand the morphology of rituals and their
impact on the formation of believers and communities.

6. Mention the auxiliary sciences of liturgy:

Theology, History, Law, and the Sciences of Man (examples: Philosophy of Religion,
History of Religions, Sociology, Psychoanalysis, Anthropology, Phenomenology, theory of
the communication)

7. What are the new forms of worship that are established in the apostolic Church and that
Are they linked to Jewish roots? Explain a little about each one.
 The assembly: is the first significant element of the Christian liturgical service, helped to
develop the awareness of the Church as the temple of God.
The 'Fraction of the bread': The first Christians 'broke bread in their homes and ate together.'
praising God with joy and all my heart
The Sunday meeting: The assembly or meeting that takes place is of particular importance.
the first day of the week, celebrated by the community as a memorial of the resurrection
of the Lord.
Baptism: The apostolic Church celebrated Baptism "in the name of Jesus Christ" (Acts
2, 38). In the context, it appears as the 'baptism in the Holy Spirit' announced by John.
the Baptist (cf. Mt 3:11; Mk 1:8; Lk 3:16; Jn 1:33), and by Jesus himself to Nicodemus (cf. Jn
3, 3-5).

8. What are liturgical families? Name one Eastern liturgical rite and one Western.
explain it.

The expression liturgical family is used to refer to the set of rites that are
"related" to each other by origin and common characteristics.

9. What was the Liturgical Movement?

It was the theological reflection that revolved around the celebration of the mysteries of the liturgy.
so that the faithful could draw closer to her in a better way.

10. What is the relationship of this movement with the Second Vatican Council?
We have talked about the origins of what became the Liturgical Movement, which would see in the
Vatican II Council and particularly in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy the summit
of their efforts. However, there is more between the Liturgical Movement and the conciliar Reform.
half a century of distance and before seeing their ideals crystallized in the Sacrosanctum
The Council is a Movement, born from individual initiatives, had to be welcomed and
driven by ecclesiastical authority.

11. Mention 3 theorists of the liturgical movement

Próspero Guéranguer, Romano Guardini, Odo Casel, Salvatore Marsili, Lambrt Beaduin

12. Who is considered the first promoter of the modern liturgical movement?
Dom. Próspero Guéranguer whose work caused a great impact among Christian believers and the
ecclesiastical hierarchical structure.

13. Mention the name of the pontiff who took on the liturgical movement and the name of
motu proprio that makes it
Pius X in Tra le sollecitudini
14. What was the first document of the Church's magisterium to address the liturgical theme in
key theology and who was its author?
Mediator of Your Holiness Pius XII

15. Who promoted and on what date was the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium?
Paul VI on December 4, 1963

16. How is the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium structured?

The Constitution was structured into seven chapters, with an introduction or preamble, a
conclusion and an appendix:
- Chapter I: General principles for the reform and promotion of the Sacred Liturgy.
- Chapter II: Of the Sacred Mystery of the Eucharist.
- Chapter III: The other sacraments and sacramentals.
- Chapter IV: The Divine Office
- Chapter V: The Liturgical Year
- Chapter VI: Sacred Music
- Chapter VII: Art and Sacred Objects.
- Appendix: On the fixing of the day of Easter and of a perpetual calendar.

17. Mention the 4 theological lines of the liturgy that appear in the Constitution.
Sacrosanctum Concilium
The liturgy in the key of Salvation History, Liturgy as an update of the Paschal mystery,
Presence of Christ in the Liturgy and Liturgy as a manifestation of the Church.

18. Why is it said that in the liturgy the Paschal Mystery is made present?
Because the Eucharist is the memorial of the Pascha of Christ, the updating and the offering.
"sacramental of his only sacrifice", its presence and application are so radical that
How many times is the sacrifice of the cross renewed on the altar, 'in which our Passover,
Christ has been sacrificed" (1 Cor., 5, 7), the work of our redemption is carried out" and we
we become contemporaries of Christ and come into direct contact with his work
savior. That is to say, it is not just remembering, but God himself becomes present here and now.

19. Is it not the same to talk about liturgy in the context of Salvation History and liturgy as
Update on the Pascual mystery?

Although the Paschal Mystery is the Summit of the History of Salvation, it has an appendix.
own for being the center of all liturgical action. When we talk about liturgy as
The history of Salvation is seen from the prophecy to its incarnation, but the Mystery
Pascual acquires a fuller meaning since "Christ primarily accomplished it by the
Pascual mystery of his blessed passion, Resurrection from the dead and glorious
"Ascension" (SC 5), where the liturgy and the celebration of the sacraments takes place.

20. According to the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium No. 7, at what moments is Christ present?
present in the Church?
 Christ is always present in His Church, especially in the liturgical action. He is present
in the sacrifice of the Mass, either in the person of the minister, "offering himself now by ministry
of the priests the same one who then offered himself on the cross", may be above all under the
Eucharistic species. It is present with its strength in the Sacraments, so that, when
someone baptizes, it is Christ who baptizes. He is present in his word, for when it is read in
The Church, the Holy Scripture, is He who speaks. He is present, finally, when the Church
pleads and sings psalms, the same who promised: 'Where two or three are gathered in my name'
"name, there I am in the midst of them" (Mt. 18:20). Truly, in this great work
through which God is perfectly glorified and men are sanctified, Christ associates
I always obtain the most beloved Wife, the Church, which calls upon its Lord and worships Him.
to the Eternal Father (SC 7).

21. Following the same numeral, how is liturgy defined?

Consequently, every liturgical celebration, being the work of Christ the priest and of his
Body, which is the Church, is sacred action par excellence, whose efficacy, with the same
title and in the same degree, no other action of the Church equals it (n.7).

22. What is the appendix of the Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium about?

On the determination of the day of Easter and a calendar of its own.

23. What is celebrating?

It is to do, carry out, participate in a social and community act that starts with the fact of
to gather in the same place to celebrate an event and honor someone.

24. What does it mean to celebrate in the Christian religious context?

It is to dedicate a specific and meaningful time to the Lord and to engage in an activity.
cultural and a coherent way of life, with attitudes and common actions
Who participates in the celebration.

25. According to Romano Guardini in his work The Spirit of the Liturgy, what does it mean that the celebration
Is liturgical a game?
That is to say, like something free, spontaneous, stripped of all pragmatism.

26. What category does the celebration have in the liturgy?

The celebration is a fundamental category for defining liturgy as action.
representative and updater of the mystery of Christ and of the History of Salvation

27. What are the four dimensions of liturgical celebration as a theological category?
Updater, eschatological, communal or ecclesial, and mystagogical.

28. Why is it said that the liturgical celebration has an eschatological dimension?
 If the liturgical celebration updates salvation through the presence of God in it, it is because
both a foretaste of the fullness and of the complete possession of the goods that God offers us
beyond the limits of this world.

29. What is the fundamental binomial of the celebratory structure?

The word and the symbol

30. Intentional elements that make the Word a dynamic and differentiated reality
Announcement-prophecy, fulfillment and presence

31. How can we identify such intentional elements in the liturgy of the Word?
- The Old Testament which, through Moses, the prophet, the wise or the
chronicler, announces and prefigures.
- The Psalm, which summarizes all of the above, as a poetic response of faith, that
opens to messianic fulfillment.
- The apostle who uncovers the riches of the Kingdom initiated with Christ, and of the new life.
to which we are invited.
- The Gospel, which directly refers to the words and actions of Jesus that
they are updated through the liturgical celebration.

32. What is the most appropriate language to express the realm of mystery and the ineffable in the
liturgy?
The Liturgical Chant

33. How is liturgical singing defined?

It is the Word of God clothed in musical garments.

34. What is the homily?

It is a preaching, but a preaching in a liturgical context, that is, within a
celebration. This gives it its peculiarity and distinguishes it from other types of preaching, such as the
mission, or catechesis.

35. What is the function of the homily?

Explain how the mystery announced by the proclaimed Word becomes present through
of the liturgical action

36. How should the homily be?

It should be a demonstration of how God speaks today through His Word, of how He
interpelate and save us today. How this action becomes today a continuation of history
greetings.

37. What is the liturgical prayer?

It is the prayer addressed to God but on behalf of the whole Church, that is, communal.
38. What are the two types of liturgical prayer and how do they differ?
The universal prayer or the prayer of the faithful and the presidential prayer. Although both are
communal, in the first it is the People as a whole that addresses God, while
In the second, it is the one presiding who addresses God on behalf of the whole Church.

39. What is the liturgical sign of the Word proclaimed in the liturgy?
The Gospel Book and the lectionaries

40. How many are there and how are the Lectionaries distributed?
It is 3 and its distribution is as follows:
Lectionary I: Sunday of the 3 liturgical cycles
Lectionary II: Weekday
Lectionary III: Commons, Ritual Masses

41. What are the liturgical colors used in liturgical vestments?

White, Green, Red, and Purple, although they are also used, although in some cases and in
smaller size, the Pink, the Blue, the Black, and the Gold.

42. Between liturgical vestments and ornaments, which is more appropriate to use and why?
Liturgical vestments is the most appropriate name given that they are signs of the celebration and
no adornments, as the word ornament suggests.