Liturgia musi być piękna. O pięknie liturgii Kościołów różnych tradycji

Abstract

The liturgy of Christian Churches is beautiful because its primordial author is not man but God himself, who is present and active. This conviction is shared by all Christian denominations and can be proven by referring to numerous documents and texts of various authors. The starting point in discovering and demonstrating this beauty is always the liturgy itself. Its aesthetics can be acquired from the theology of liturgy. The liturgy is as beautiful because it reflects the gestures of Christ, for it is He on who the real and true beauty depends. The beauty of the liturgy, both in the West and East, is expressed mainly in its order (ordo) and simplicity. The concept being discussed in the article unites the Churches of different traditions. Indeed, in all of them it is the Divine and human action and encounter which determines the inner beauty of the liturgy, which flows from its heart and accomplishes itself in the numerous external forms, relevant to the particular cultures and particular traditions.