Divine Liturgy

member of my religion, and identify how members are trained for positions and roles within my religion. I grew up in the Philippines knowing two religions: my mom’s religion, which is Roman Catholic, and my dad’s religion, which is Crusaders of the Divine Church of Christ (CDCC). I was baptized with my dad’s religion (CDCC) but was later converted to…

He explains that the sacraments themselves did not change but the way they celebrate them today invites us to see and experience God’s presence in Christ where we have perhaps never consciously looked before. What he is trying to say is that the way the sacraments changed was the way we have seen them and that we see them as a celebration. Sacraments were once placed as the way of Christian faithful grace, we also understand sacraments in terms of grace because we are gods loving communication.…

never speak of the birth and suffering of the divinity, but of the humanity of Christ. That is why the most accurate way of speaking about the Holy Virgin is Christ-bearer, not God-bearer” (Fouad, 2010). He emphasized that Christ had independent divine and human natures going so far as to suggest “that they were two persons loosely united” (Nestorian, 2016). Cyril was a staunch opponent to Nestorius and responded to his dual nature position by affirming that in the incarnation, while…

Christian worship of the Eucharist. “Eucharistie practice, when thoughtfully reflected upon, is a formation into the divine ecology of the Triune God”(O’Malley 71). Divine ecology means that the divine biological branch of God is shown through the Trinity in the Eucharist. O’Malley is stating that in practicing of worship for the eucharist, we should reflect upon the heavenly, divine nature of its intention. John The Evangelist writes in a particular gospel passage that the crowd wants the…

for the most part written either by monks or by men who belonged to the aristocracy or were men of great wealth. The importance of reading in the Middle Ages can also be understood relative to the performance of the liturgy which was an important part of religious duties. The liturgy consisted of memorising and reciting text in Latin and also the recitation of the psalter, all part of religious services that were carried out in these places. These practices were also based upon a fixed regimen…

faithful Christian for his congregation located in Europe. The Catholic views are easily summarized by the ideals of Saint Thomas Aquinas, which were later adopted into the Roman Catholic Doctrine; he stated that faith was the intellectual assent to divine truth and understanding by the commandments, will, grace, and authority of God. Because of this ideal definition of faith, the Catholics uphold certain traditions and standards that differ from the Orthodox community and the other…

authority with the Apostles. This is solidified through the restoration of the Apostolic college and the sending of the Holy Spirit. With this authority they rule, through service, in remembrance of the paschal mystery, that is the Sacred Liturgy. Where the Liturgy is celebrated the King is present, so is the Kingdom, and so is the New Covenant. Word count: 98 CBD “Versions” While the Bible was originally written in the language of its readers, mostly in Hebrew,…

take back the whole empire, so he had to make his mark in Ravenna. He built the church of San Vitale. The church, in the Roman tradition, was built using a central plan and an axial route. There was a big apes to accommodate the grand scale of the liturgy. The central apsidal mosaic in the church was of Jesus’ second coming and on either side of it are portraits. Justinian’s portrait was on Jesus’ proper right suggesting the Justinian is Jesus’ right-hand man. On the other side is Justinian’s…

We’re young, might as well have fun while you can” (500 Days of Summer, 2009). Some of the cultural practices in the movie involve having sex before marriage, engaging in porneia, and viewing the body as unimportant when it comes to sex. These liturgies viewed in the movie are the antithesis of what Jones and Smith have to say about sex and…

military had suffered in battle and the losses were seen as a divine act. The unfortunate events led to the loss of faith in the practice of iconoclasm. Theodora capitalized on the loss of support and commenced a council to begin the proceedings. Methodios, an ally of Theodora, was "elected to the patriarchal throne" and exiled iconophiles were welcomed back into Constantinople (p.207). Methodios was given the responsibility of creating a new liturgy that celebrates the end of iconoclasm. On…