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Liturgical Institute
Summer Program 2008
Summer courses 2008,
Session II June 30 to July 18:
Ritual,
Symbol and Worship,
Fr. Dennis Gill,
2 credits, M-F, 8:25 –
9:55
Symbol is the fundamental medium for religion and its
ritual elaboration. The nature and function of symbol and ritual in
liturgical worship is considered. The following are examined for their
relevance to the understanding of Catholic worship: the phenomenology of
religion; ritual anthropology; various theories of symbol; language
theory. Particular attention is given to the manner in which modern
symbolic studies provide an understanding of the scholastic maxim,
"sacraments confer grace by signifying."
Reconciliation, Anointing, Death
Rev. Eugene
Morris,
3 credits, M-F, 10:15 – 12:05
The two "sacraments of healing" – anointing of the sick
and penance – are covered in this course. An examination of the origin
and development of the sacrament of penance sheds light on the Church’s
revised rites and their theological underpinnings. The rites of the
Church’s sacramental ministry to the sick and dying, and her funeral
liturgy, are placed in the context of an anthropology which expresses
the paschal character and eschatological significance of a Christian’s
illness and death.
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