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Liturgy, Inculturation and the reception of Sacrosanctum concilium 37–40: An on-going project for those who preside?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2024

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Thomas O'Loughlin*
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Abstract

We are only now, after more than half a century, uncovering the real significance of what the Second Vatican Council means for the Church. The time lapse in reception has many factors not least that distinctive shifts in emphasis take far longer be appreciated in a real way that practical changes which, for good or ill, can be accomplished by fiat. So that the reception, fast or slow, of the Council is not a uniform process. One area where very little change has been seen is in relation to ‘adapting the Liturgy to the Temperament and Traditions of Peoples’. There was a call at the Council for a deliberate dialogical relationship between the liturgy and culture, and it is this relationship, rather than any particular modelling of it, that is the focus of this paper.

Keywords

wisdomInculturationSecond Vatican CouncilSacrosanctum conciliumLouis Duchesne
Type
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New Blackfriars , Volume 102 , Issue 1102 , November 2021 , pp. 967 - 978
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Copyright © 2020 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers

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[Correction added on 19 November 2021, after first online publication: Abstract and Keywords were included.]

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