Liturgical Language and Vernacular Tongues in Eastern Christianity

Bert Groen

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Chapter 19 Liturgical Language and Vernacular Tongues in Eastern Christianity

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Pages:: 407–424

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004347083_021

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In many Eastern Churches, there is tension between the language that is used in worship and the actual vernacular tongue. This issue has to do with cultural and religious identity, questions of unity and uniformity of ecclesiastical worship, and with the intelligibility of liturgical rites. In this article, firstly, I sketch the current situation in diverse Eastern Churches (Syriac, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian-Eritrean Christianity, Byzantine-rite Churches, and the ‘diaspora’ in the Western world). Secondly, I discuss some fundamental theological and ritual-liturgical considerations on our subject. 

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Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals

Encounters in Liturgical Studies

Series: Brill's Studies in Catholic Theology, Volume: 5

Cover Sanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004347083

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2017

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