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I THINK I've responded to this . . . but to be sure . . .

oh, right, I started to and had a series of computer keyboard hassles . . . ahhhh

I realize my pontifcations seem to chronically fall short of the registration I might grandiosely hope for on a variety of intellects.

And I recognize that by many traditions within Israelite culture, God chose Hebrew as a sacred language etc. etc. etc.

Courtesy of Merriam Webster’s website.

LITURGY:
Etymology: Late Latin liturgia, from Greek leitourgia public service, from Greek (Attic) leïton public building (from Greek laos -- Attic leOs -- people) + -ourgia –urgy
1 often capitalized : a eucharistic rite
2 : a rite or body of rites prescribed for public worship
3 : a customary repertoire of ideas, phrases, or observances

LITURGICAL
1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of liturgy
2 : using or favoring the use of liturgy

UHHHHHH, Perhaps you could point out to me . . .

WHERE

In the Sermon on The Mount did Christ display HIS preference for liturgical anything?

Or maybe it was with the woman caught in adultery?

Perhaps in Gethsemene?

Maybe walking on Gallilee?

Maybe sleeping in the boat?

Oh, I know—making water into wine. Wellll, maybe not. “Go fill some water jars” is hardly very LITURGICAL.

Perhaps with the woman at the well? “Yeah, I know, you’ve had 5 husbands.” Naw. That’s not very LITURGICAL either.

On the road to Emmaus? Naw, He was just reviewing some prophecies about Himself. Hardly very LITURGICAL.

Oh, when He told Peter to cast their nets on the other side of the boat? Naw, that’s not very LITURGICAL either.

AHHHHH! ON THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION! Naw. That was DADDY and HE seemed to be a bit peeved.

Maybe He was LITURGICAL when they were hiding in Egypt and he was playing cowboys and camels with the locals. Naw, that’s not very logical.

Come to think of it . . . I don’t think CHRIST was LITURGICAL in Hebrew or Aramaic. If anything, He evidenced an AVOIDANCE of such things.

Now, THE PHARISEES—I could imagine them being

VERY
LITURGICAL

Even attending to their toilets . . . or pretending to be.

So, are you saying that you believe that the RC &/or Orthy hierarchies are proudly in the tradition of the LITURGICAL PHARISEES?

That I could believe.