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Autor(a) de Understanding the Revised Mass Texts

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About the Author

Paul Turner is pastor of St. Anthony Parish in Kansas City, Missouri. A priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, he holds a doctorate in sacred theology from Sant' Anselmo in Rome. He is a former president of the North American Academy of Liturgy and a member of Societas Liturgica and the mostrar mais Catholic Academy of Liturgy. He serves as a facilitator for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. His publications include One Lave: A Pastoral Guide to the Order of Celebrating Matrimony, Glory in the Cross: Holy Week in the Third Edition of The Roman Missal, and Whose Mass Is It? Why People Care So Much about the Catholic Liturgy, all published by Liturgical Press. He is also a contributor to Give Us This Day. mostrar menos

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Obras por Paul Turner

Understanding the Revised Mass Texts (2010) — Autor — 53 exemplares
Guide for Lectors (2007) 31 exemplares
Preparing for Confession (2005) 19 exemplares
Your Child's Baptism (1999) 14 exemplares
Guide for Ushers and Greeters (2008) 11 exemplares
Liturgy and Life Study Bible (2023) 7 exemplares
Sacred Oils (2021) 5 exemplares
The Pastor at Prayer (2016) 1 exemplar

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Outros nomes
TURNER, Paul
Sexo
male
Locais de residência
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Educação
Sant' Anselmo (PhD)
Ocupações
Catholic priest

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Críticas

Never have I read a more tedious book. Yes, "Words without Alloy" details the process of the revision of the lectionary, but the presentation of that detailmakes the book difficult to read.
 
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JohnHoya | Feb 6, 2024 |
 
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StFrancisofAssisi | Mar 12, 2020 |
One of the pieces of “required reading” for the 2014 meeting of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions (FDLC) is Fr. Paul Turner’s When Other Christians Become Catholic (Pueblo, 2007). This short tome covers a number of issues related to the reception into the Church of Christians from other ecclesial communities. This includes an overview of the history of how other Christians have been received, starting with the early years of the Church when adherents to heretical sects (such as the Arians) joined the true faith; a look at how other Christians receive members into their communities; and a look at issues that still remain with the process as it was renewed after Vatican Council II.

Fr. Turner’s overarching message, however, is to remind us that when other Christians choose to enter into full communion with the Catholic Church, they are not doing so in a vacuum or as if their previous faith commitments were invalid. This is both a theological and a pastoral point: theological in that we must take seriously the validity and reality of the person’s baptism, even if that baptism occurred in a community not connected with the Catholic Church. The question of whether to recognize other baptisms was decided in the affirmative by the ancient Church; this presupposes that God is really and truly acting in their lives even before their movement towards the Catholic Church.

The point is pastoral because, in practice, many Christians come away from the process of reception into the Church with the impression that their baptisms were somehow “lesser” because they did not occur in a Catholic context. Fr. Turner puts the blame for this squarely on the practice of including baptized candidates for full communion in the same preparation program as unbaptized catechumens who are preparing for full initiation (Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist), culminating in a combined rite at the Easter Vigil. As Fr. Turner states,

"By adopting Easter as the paradigmatic occasion for celebrating the rite of reception, the Catholic Church in the United States has reframed the meaning of the rite and its attendant preparation into something more resembling a conversion, a dying and a rising – rather than an evolution, a coming to full communion… Such a conversion is a symptom that something has gone wrong with the rite of reception. The council envisioned an ecumenically sensitive rite that would promote the concept of one baptism among Christians. But the rite of reception is being celebrated as a near equivalent with the initiation of the unbaptized."

The only downside to Fr. Turner’s book is a linguistic one; because the book was published in 2007, it does not take into account the 2010 translation of the Roman Missal. As a result, his discussion of such texts (including an otherwise excellent examination of the text of the Mass for Christian Unity) do not reflect the current liturgical language, although his overarching points are still relevant.

Nevertheless, the book is highly recommended for it’s overall theme and discussion of the historical and ecumenical nature of welcoming other Christians into full communion. When Other Christians Become Catholic is a valuable resource for pastors, evangelists, and RCIA leaders and team members.
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sullijo | Sep 24, 2014 |
Very thorough overview of the liturgies of Holy Week. Especially useful this year as we figure out what's changed and what we're deciding not to change. What really give this book the extra boost is that, often, Turner traces the history of a liturgical element through the revisions of the 50s, the changes after V2, right up to the RM3. Helpful to understand what's an arbitrary change and what deserves more consideration. Extremely useful -- I'll be pulling this out every year.
 
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TerriBooks | Mar 4, 2012 |

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58
Membros
618
Popularidade
#40,697
Avaliação
3.8
Críticas
6
ISBN
148
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