Societas Liturgica
Societas Liturgica is the international ecumenical society for the study of Christian liturgy and worship. Societas Liturgica has around 300 members who are researchers, academics or practitioners.[1][2] Anglican members of Societas Liturgica also serve as members of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.[3]
History
Societas Liturgica came into existence through the initiative of Wiebe Vos, a pastor of the Dutch Reformed Church. In 1962 he founded Studia Liturgica, "an international ecumenical quarterly for liturgical research and renewal". In 1965 Vos called a conference of twenty-five liturgists from Europe and North America at the Protestant community of Grandchamp, in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Presidents
The presidents of Societas Liturgica are each elected for a two-year term of office.
Dates | Name | Nationality | Denomination |
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1967-69 | Placid Murray | Ireland | Roman Catholic |
1969-71 | Ronald Jasper | UK | Anglican |
1971-73 | Pierre-Marie Gy | France | Roman Catholic |
1973-75 | Jean-Jacques von Allmen | Switzerland | Reformed |
1975-77 | Balthasar Fischer | Germany | Roman Catholic |
1977-79 | Thomas Talley | USA | Anglican |
1979-81 | Frederick R. McManus | USA | Roman Catholic |
1981-83 | Hans-Christoph Schmidt-Lauber | Austria | Lutheran |
1983-85 | Geoffrey Wainright | USA / UK | Methodist |
1985-87 | Robert F. Taft | USA | Roman Catholic (Byzantine Rite) |
1987-89 | Donald C. Gray | UK | Anglican |
1989-91 | Paul De Clerck | Belgium | Roman Catholic |
1991-93 | Bruno Bürki | Switzerland | Reformed |
1993-95 | Paul F. Bradshaw | UK / USA | Anglican |
1995-97 | Irmgard Pahl | Germany | Roman Catholic |
1997-99 | Jacob Vellian | India | Syrio-Malabar |
1999-2001 | John Baldovin | USA | Roman Catholic |
2001-03 | Yngvill Martola | Finland | Lutheran |
2003-05 | Ottfried Jordahn | Germany | Lutheran |
2005-07 | David Holeton | Czech Republic | Anglican |
2007-09 | James Puglisi | USA | Roman Catholic |
2009-11 | Karen B. Westerfield Tucker | USA | Methodist |
2011-13 | Gordon Lathrop | USA | Lutheran |
2013-15 | Lizette Larson-Miller | USA | Anglican |
2015-17 | Martin Stuflessor | Germany | Roman Catholic |
2017-19 | Joris Geldorf | Belgium | Roman Catholic |
2019-21 | Bridget Nichols | Ireland | Anglican |
2021-23 | E. Byron (Ron) Anderson | USA | Methodist |
Congress
There are full meetings of Societas Liturgica, known as Congresses, every two years. A selection of the papers from each congress is subsequently published in English in the journal Studia Liturgica; in French in the journal La Maison Dieu; and also in German.
Year | Location | Theme |
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1967 | Driebergen | The liturgical constitution of the Second Vatican Council and the elaboration on worship of the World Council of Churches 1969 |
1969 | Murroe | Liturgical Language |
1971 | Strasbourg | Contemporary Worship |
1973 | Montserrat Abbey | Prayer Today |
1975 | Trier | Eucharistic Prayers |
1977 | Canterbury | Christian Initiation |
1979 | Washington DC | Ordination Rites[4] |
1981 | Paris | Liturgical Time |
1983 | Vienna | Liturgy and Spirituality |
1985 | Boston | The Lima Text |
1987 | Brixen | Repentance and reconciliation |
1989 | York | Liturgical Inculturation |
1991 | Toronto | The Bible and Worship |
1993 | Friburg | Liturgical Space |
1995 | Dublin | The Future forms of the Liturgy |
1997 | Turku | Liturgy and Music |
1999 | Kottayam | Liturgical Theology |
2001 | Santa Clara | |
2003 | Eindhoven | The Cloud of Witnesses[5] |
2005 | Dresden | Worship as Transformation - "To Heal a Broken World" |
2007 | Palermo | Liturgy and the Public Square |
2009 | Sydney | The Liturgical Year: the Gospel encountering our time |
2011 | Reims | Baptism: Rites and Christian Life |
2013 | Würzburg | Liturgical Reform in the Churches |
2015 | Quebec | Liturgical Formation: traditional task and new challenge |
2017 | Leuven | Symbol of what we are: Liturgical Perspectives on the question of Sacramentality. |
2019 | Durham, UK | Anamnesis: Remembering in Action, Place and Time[6] |
2021 | Online | Liturgy and the Arts |
2023 | Maynooth | Liturgy and Ecumenism |
Notable members
- Bruno Bürki
- Paul F. Bradshaw
- Ronald Jasper
- Dom Placid Murray[7]
- Louis Weil
References
- ^ Irmgard, Pahl (April 2011). "Societas Liturgica". Religion Past and Present.
- ^ "Societas Liturgica". encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2018-10-22.
- ^ "IALC Guidelines Amended 2015" (PDF). Anglican Communion. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ Jordahn, Ottfried (1980). "Amt und Ordination: Tagung der Societas Liturgica in Washington". Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie. 24: 96–98 – via https://www.jstor.org/stable/24201109.
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- ^ Haquin, André (2004). "Le dix-neuvième Congrès de la «Societas Liturgica» (Eindhoven, 11-16 août 2003)". Revue Théologique de Louvain. 35 (1): 139–140.
- ^ Larson, Lizette (2019-08-16). "Remembering, Societas Liturgica Style". PrayTellBlog. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
- ^ Herald, The Catholic (2022-11-01). "Obituary: Dom Placid Murray". Catholic Herald. Retrieved 2023-08-16.
External links
- Official website
- Studia Liturgica
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