Liturgical Theology Quotes

“Basil, "The Holy Spirit sees how much difficulty mankind has in loving virtue, and how we prefer the lure of pleasure to the straight and narrow path. What does he do? He adds the grace of music to the truth of doctrine. Charmed by what we hear, we pluck the fruit of the words without realizing it."39”
― Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community

“God's incomprehensibility cannot be superseded. Human existence, therefore, could be described as grounded in the abyss of mystery," and human relationship with God could be characterized as openness to mystery.”
― Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community

“First, it can never be something we do for God. Second, it is its own end. Third, it is a response to God's total character, more specifically to the triune God.
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― Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community

“The Christian cult is a basically political action: it reminds the state of the limited and provisional character of its power, and when the state claims for itself an absolute trust and obedience, the Christian cult protests against this pretension to claim a kingdom, a power and a glory which belong of right to God alone. That is why, in gathering together for Christian worship, men compromise themselves politically.s”
― Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community

“Even if humans had not sinned, Jesus Christ would still have needed to come in the fullness of time, because only through that revelation is covenantal relationship realized in the fullest measure-as communion with the triune God.”
― Simon Chan, Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community