{"id":3259,"date":"2015-10-25T16:50:44","date_gmt":"2015-10-25T20:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2015-10-25T16:50:59","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T20:50:59","slug":"the-divine-liturgy-and-our-worship-of-god-20151025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stmichaelarchangel.org\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"The Divine Liturgy and Our Worship of God — 20151025"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Mystical<\/a>

Mystical Supper<\/p><\/div>\n

During the past few weeks, I have been sharing ideas about a key Liturgical concept, namely anamnesis. <\/em>I truly\u00a0\u00a0 believe that a correct understanding of this idea changes, radically, the way that we experience the Divine Liturgy. I suggested that this word is found in the New Testament in one form or another.<\/p>\n

The form found in 1 Corinthians (11:24-25),\u00a0\u1f00\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/em><\/strong>, <\/em>occurs in only one instance in the New Testament outside of these two verses, that is in Luke\u2019s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 account of the Last Supper (22:19). As one scholar points out, the nominative case noun\u00a0\u1f00\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03c2 occurs only once in the New Testament, in Hebrews (10:3), and is also found only once in the Septuagint, in Numbers (10:10). In the\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 latter case, the Israelites are told that their offerings and festivals will serve as a reminder of God\u2019s perpetual presence in their midst<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In the letter to the Hebrews, the limitation of the high-priestly sin offering compared to the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all<\/em> (Hebrews 10:10) is stressed: In those sacrifices there is only a yearly remembrance of sins<\/em> (v 3) This same scholar assumes that the few incidences of the Greek\u00a0 \u1f00\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>and the Hebrew \u05d6\u05b4\u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05df\u00a0<\/em> and of their variants, as well as the range of meaning of these words when they do occur in Scripture, indicate that the Christian notion of anamnesis<\/em> as re-presenting before God an event in the past, so that it becomes here and now operative by its effects<\/em> is based on myth.\u00a0Citing another scholar, who, in his commentary on Luke\u2019s Gospel, translates \u03c4\u03bf\u03c5\u03c4\u03bf \u03c0\u03bf\u03b9\u03b5\u03b9\u03c4\u03b5 \u03b5\u1f30\u03c2 \u03c4\u03b7\u03bd \u1f10\u03bc\u03b7\u03bd\u00a0\u1f00\u03bd\u03ac\u03bc\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03b9\u03bd <\/em>(Luke 22:19) as do this<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 having me in mind<\/em>, the scholar first quoted argues that anamnesis<\/em> in Scripture normally signifies mere recalling or having in mind of a past event. He suggests that anamnesis, when <\/em>understood as actualizing remembrance cannot find any basis in either the semantics of the word or in the Semitic usage of the first century<\/em>. He also suggests that the primordial rites of primitive societies do not have anything to say to Christian faith.<\/p>\n

Eastern liturgical scholars, however, disagree with this quoted scholar for several reasons. I hope to share these reasons in coming issues. It is truly the view of Eastern Liturgical scholars that our Liturgy is anamnetic, <\/em>that is that it re-presents the past, in order to make the presence of Christ truly present to us as we celebrate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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