The Holy Spirit in Liturgical Celebration

The Holy Spirit in Liturgical Celebration

TRS 749

Spring 2009 Dominic Serra, 424

Thurs. 1:35 - 3:25 (202) 319-6519

Caldwell 415

The purpose of this course:

This course is intended to provide an understanding of the unique role of the Holy Spirit in the liturgical life of the Church. Such understanding will be achieved by means of four distinct elements: 1) a review of the main issues in pneumatology identified by Yves Congar in his work, I Believe in the Holy Spirit; 2) a study of the epiclesis question aided by reading John Mckenna, Eucharist and Holy Spirit; 3) an evaluation of Edward Kilmartin’s contribution to the scholarly discussion of the Holy Spirit’s liturgical role, 4) student research projects in the primary sources of the liturgy to determine what they contribute to our understand the role of the Holy Spirit in liturgical celebration.

Course Structure and Method:

The course will consist of discussions based on assigned reading and on student presentations of the progress of their individual research projects in the primary sources. Both these will be supplemented by lectures and interjections by the instructor.

Expectations:

Students are expected to read the assigned materials and to contribute to the class discussions on these materials. Each student will work on a research project, report to the class periodically about its progress, and write a 30-page paper giving the results of the research. Details to follow.

Required Reading Includes:

Congar, Yves. I Believe in the Holy Spirit. 3 vols. Trans. David Smith. New York: Seabury Press, 1983 (or a more recent printing in a single binding).

McKenna, John H. The Eucharistic Epiclesis: A Detailed History from the Patristic Age to the Modern Era. 2nd ed. Hillenbrand Books. Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2008.

Course Outline and Reading Assignments

Jan. 15 Introduction and Overview of the Course. Discussion of research topics and the highlighting of some basic themes and questions to be addressed in the course and in individual student research projects.

Jan. 22 Discussion of Yves Congar, I Believe in the Holy Spirit, Vol. 1: 1-103.

The Scriptures, The Early Church, and The Development of the Dogma of the Third Person of the Trinity. The Western Theme of the Holy Spirit as the Mutual Love of Father and Son. Simeon the New Theologian.

Jan. 29 Congar, Vol. 1: 104-173.

The Western Medieval Discussion. Vatican II.

Feb. 5 Congar, Vol. 2: 1-141, 213-230.

The Holy Spirit and Ecclesiology (the Spirit in the Church). The Holy Spirit and the Humanity. The Indwelling of the Holy Spirit: Ecclesial and Anthropological. The Unity of the Holy Spirit and Doxology.

Feb. 12 Congar, Vol. 3: 1-274.

The Historical Development of the Theology of the Holy Spirit. The Filioque. The Holy Spirit in the Sacraments.

Feb. 19 John McKenna, The Eucharistic Epiclesis, 1-92.

The Development of the Eucharistic Anaphoras and Their Epicletic Supplications. The Unique Structure of the Roman Canon. The “Moment of Consecration” Issue.

Additional Reading: Robert Taft. “From Logos to Spirit: On the Early History of the Epiclesis.” In Gratias Agamus: Studien zum eucharistischen Hochgebet, ed. Andreas Heinz and Heinrich Rennings, 489-502. Freiburg: Herder, 1992. John H. McKenna. “Eucharistic Prayer: Epiclesis.” In Ibid. 283-291. Robert F. Taft. “The Epiclesis Question in the Light of the Orthodox and Catholic Lex Orandi Traditions.” In New Perspectives on Historical Theology: Essays in Memory of John Meyendorff, eds. Bradley Nassif and Tony Nassif, 210-237. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995. Dominic Serra. “The Roman Canon: The Theological Significance of Its Structure and Syntax,” Ecclesia Orans 20 (2003): 99-128. Dominic Serra. “Baptism: Birth in the Spirit or Dying with Christ.” Ecclesia Orans 22 (2005): 295-314. Hanggi-Pahl, eds., Prex eucharistica.

Feb. 26 First Discussion of Student Research Projects.

Spring Break

March 12 Discussion of McKenna, Eucharist and Holy Spirit, 91-210. The Twentieth Century Discussion of the Eucharistic Epiclesis. Epiclesis in the Other Sacraments. Boris bobrinskoy, The Mystery of the Trinity. Crestwood: St. Vladimir’s Press, 1999. Some discussion as well of Lossky and Staniloae. Eastern and Gallican Anaphoras in Prex Eucharistica.

March 19 Discussion of the Contributions of Edward Kilmartin, S.J. in Jerome M. Hall. We Have the Mind of Christ: the Holy Spirit and Liturgical Memory in the Thought of Edward J. Kilmartin. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001. Additional articles by Edward Kilmartin. The articles by Kilmartin will be required and the hall commentary will be supplemental.

March 26 Kilmartin Discussion Continued.

April 2 Second Discussion of Student Research Projects.

Pascha

April 16 Some Observations Concerning the Holy Spirit Found in the Euchaological Tradition of the Roman Rite.

April 23 Euchological Tradition of the Roman Rite Continued.

April 30 Third Discussion of Student Research Projects.

The Holy Spirit in Sacramental Celebration

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