The liturgical year emanates and derives its growth from the passion and resurrection of Christ. The present year enumerated in the Roman Calendar is the sum of the feasts that have found their set place in the annual cycle. For each of these feasts and the seasons Dr. Adam gives an individual historical-liturgical account. His basic aim is to explain to the church the theological and spiritual substance of the liturgical year against the background of its historical development.
The liturgical year emanates and derives its growth from the passion and resurrection of Christ. The present year enumerated in the Roman Calendar is ...
Taking the statement of Lumen Gentium that participation in the Eucharistic celebration is "the source and summit of the Christian life" as a theme, Adolf Adam explains the historical development of the Mass, the structure and the parts of the Mass, the special forms of the celebration of the Mass, and Sunday and the Eucharistic celebration.
Taking the statement of Lumen Gentium that participation in the Eucharistic celebration is "the source and summit of the Christian life" as a theme, A...
