THE CONSCIOUS, FULL AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION
IN THE LITURGY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY “SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM” OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL Cover Image

ŚWIADOME, OWOCNE I CZYNNE UCZESTNICTWO W LITURGII WEDŁUG KONSTYTUCJI O LITURGII ŚWIĘTEJ „SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM” SOBORU WATYKAŃSKIEGO II
THE CONSCIOUS, FULL AND ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE LITURGY ACCORDING TO THE CONSTITUTION ON THE SACRED LITURGY “SACROSANCTUM CONCILIUM” OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL

Author(s): Tomasz Bać
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Pastoral Theology
Published by: Instytut Teologiczno-Pastoralny im. św. Józefa Sebastiana Pelczara w Rzeszowie
Keywords: liturgy; liturgical reform; Second Vatican Council; Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy; active participation; full participation; conscious participation

Summary/Abstract: “One of the fundamental principles of the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council was the concept of participation of the faithful in the Church’s public worship. The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy “Sacrosanctum Concilium” expresses this in paragraph n° 14: „Mother Church earnestly desires that all the faithful should be led to that full, conscious, and active participation [participatio plena, conscia et actuosa] in liturgical celebration which is demanded by the very nature of the liturgy”. In light of fifty years of experience of implementation of the liturgical reforms the Church needs to deepen its own understanding of what full, con- scious and active participation in the liturgy really means for Christian communities, where still the emphasis is placed mostly on the external forms of participation.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 18-20
  • Page Range: 105-118
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish