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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 7/23/2003 8:52 AM (GMT -6) |   |
quote:
The Heavenly Liturgy
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At the heart of the Eastern Christian liturgical paradosis is the notion that the Divine Liturgy and the Mysteries are actions of Christ through the Holy Spirit in which human beings are drawn into the life of the Holy Trinity.[29] The rites are the outward expression of divine transforming action. In his commentary on the singing of the Trisagion, Nicholas Cabasilas asserts emphatically that “angels and men form one Church, a single choir, because of Christ who was of both heaven and earth.”[30] The angels, not being embodied beings in the same sense as human beings have no need for the material signs and symbols which form crucial structural elements in the church’s mysteries.
http://www.arimathea.co.uk/heavl.htm
(Personally, I think this squares fairly well with Johnb Calvin's appreciation of the epiclesis in the liturgy too!) | | Back to Top | | |
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 7/23/2003 8:59 AM (GMT -6) | | I thought the part that goes: The angels, not being embodied beings in the same sense as human beings have no need for the material signs and symbols which form crucial structural elements in the church’s mysteries. was interesting!
Think of all the "ink" that has been spillt on "trans-this" and "supra-that." The emphasis in the above is on the signified and the participant; not on whether you use grape juice of coconut milk.  | | Back to Top | | |
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PotOnWheel
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| Posted 7/23/2003 9:01 AM (GMT -6) | |
Nicholas Cabasilas asserts
emphatically
that “angels and men
form one Church,
a single choir,
because of Christ
who was of both heaven and earth.”
That's a big church.
Continuous "service service." 
(Get it?)
Edited by - PotOnWheel on 07/23/2003 2:02:51 PM | | Back to Top | | |
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