Paradygmat liturgiczny

Abstract

Since the time of the Vatican Council II liturgies has been included among the main theological subjects. Liturgy is a theological place that has a special value (locus ilieologicus praecipuus). The authority of liturgy is higher than that of the Fathers of the Church and theologians. Liturgy is the Church’s special heritage, it is a living memory of the Ressurected Lord and a celebration of His mystery of Salvation. In liturgical texts the primeval core of the kerigma of the faith is preserved; this is why interpreting and applying them in the life of a community is the main aim of liturgies. It cannot be subordinated to pastoral, theology, as is still assumed by numerous representatives of the latter discipline. This is why the aim of liturgies is not to devise new forms of celebrating liturgy, but to penetrate this mystery of the meeting between Christ and man. The liturgical paradigm includes three stages of conducting the research: hermeneutic-anthropological analysis of the sources of liturgy, noticing its historical-salutary role on the basis of the texts and rhythm of the performed mystery and a kairological-ecclesiastical attempt to use liturgy for building the Church koinonia of man’s continuous experience of the faith in the meeting between him and God as well as his brothers in Christ and the Holy Spirit.