Pap Ferenc könyve az egyházi év fogalmának értelmezéséből kiindulva páratlan részletességgel, hitelesen és körültekintően tárja fel az egyházi év ünnepeinek, ünnepi ciklusainak eredőit, gyökereit, összefüggéseit, valamint különös hangsúllyal annak protestáns–református adaptációját európai és magyar kontextusban. A kezünkben tartott kiadvány egyszerre kézikönyv, adatbázis és tankönyv, megannyi képzési szinten, formában alapműként használható. Jelen van benne az ismeretek összefoglaló–szintetizáló–tanító szándékú összefoglalása, de a tényeken és történeti összefüggéseken túl adottságainkat és a történeti utat előremutatóan elemzi. Célkitűzése, hogy az olvasókkal közösen az együttgondolkozáson keresztül eljusson a közös cselekvésig, az előrelépésig, a paradigmaváltásig és az önkritikus reflexió megszületéséig.
Church Music as Public Responsibility.
Public responsibility means, that an entity (institution, university, as well as the Church) has an obligation, a duty to act for the benefit of its social context, and for the promoting of the society. Church music has a character of public responsibility, and the duty of contributing to the teaching, service, and mission of the Church. The Synod of the Reformed Church in Hungary exercises the right of ius reformandi and ius liturgicum. Liturgical books, Hymnals, and the official translation of the Holy Scripture can be exclusively accepted and introduced by the Synod. This is a clear expression of public responsibility. A clear distinction between Church music and religious music has to be made. This study deals with the historical and the theoretical aspects of public responsibility concerning Church music.
Preaching Service and Reformation Considerations on Worship Practice of the Reformation.
This study deals with the origins, roots and theological significance of worship practice and preaching service of the Reformation. Preaching is regarded as the chief duty and the most important symbol of the Reformation. Preaching service is rooted in the Christian liturgical tradition. Preachers and priests had to teach the people the basics of Christian faith (Lord’s prayer, Ave Maria, Credo, Decalogue) in the vernacular according to the orders of Charlemagne. Preaching service had been gradually isolated from the mass (liturgy) before the Reformation. In the Upper German Region, the independent preaching service was called “Pronaus” derived from Latin “praeconium”, and from French “prône”. “Pronaus” was practiced in various ways. There were no uniformed regulations on how to perform the preaching service. Reformation originally aimed at unifying preaching service and Eucharist (celebration of Lord’s supper). This intention has failed as well as the celebration of the Lord’s supper every Sunday.
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