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To: NYer
It is time Western Chuch Tradition be accorded the same resepect Eastern Church Tradition has been given.
30 posted on 05/10/2004 1:13:15 PM PDT by B Knotts
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To: B Knotts; sandyeggo; Siobhan
It is time Western Chuch Tradition be accorded the same resepect Eastern Church Tradition has been given.

Well, interestingly enough, it has taken the Maronite Catholic Church more than 400 years to restore its litury to its Syriac Antiochene sources!

The Maronite Church in its liturgy is fortunate in being the heir of at least two rich traditions, those of Edessa and Antioch. The Church of Edessa traces its origins to the preaching of the liturgical contributors included St. Ephrem and James of Saroug. The first Christian converts to the Church of Edessa included the earliest Jewish-Christians. Therefore, its liturgy is strongly influenced by the world-view of the Bible. As one of the oldest established churches, it developed its prayer forms before being influenced by Greek thought. The Maronite liturgy today still has many hymns and prayers from St. Ephrem and James of Saroug. The Anaphora of the Apostles (also known as III Peter and by the Syriac word Sharrar), which the Maronite Church shares in common with the Church of Edessa, is the oldest Anaphora in the Catholic Church, and is still found in adapted form as the Anaphora of the Signing of the Chalice on Good Friday.

The first edition of the Book of the Qurbono was printed in Rome (1592-1594). The first edition was initially rejected, because it altered some of the tradition of the Syriac Antiochene Maronite Church (in fact, the title of the edition was: The Book of the Chaldean Qurbono). Along the way, no less than 40 versions of the Quorbon were written. In the 1716 edicition, the anaphora of the Latin Mass, translated into Syriac and Arabic, was inserted and the Anaphora of Sharar was removed. The present edition, though after 400 years, makes the proper correction and brings back the Service of the Qurbono to its authentic Maronite tradition.

Be patient! Hopefully, it won't take 400 years.

33 posted on 05/10/2004 1:44:24 PM PDT by NYer (O Promise of God from age to age. O Flower of the Gospel!)
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