Organic development and noble simplicity: German neoclassicism and the reform of the liturgy: I
There is a continuing debate around the implementation of the liturgical reforms instigated by the bishops at the Second Vatican Council and established in Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (4 December 1963). Clare Johnson has reviewed the discussions around the concept...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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The Australasian Catholic record
Year: 2024, Volume: 101, Issue: 2, Pages: 204-217 |
| Further subjects: | B
God (Christianity); Faithfulness
B Liturgics; Texts; Manuscripts B Christians; Conduct of life B Germany B Bishops; Temporal power |
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| Summary: | There is a continuing debate around the implementation of the liturgical reforms instigated by the bishops at the Second Vatican Council and established in Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (4 December 1963). Clare Johnson has reviewed the discussions around the concept of 'organic development', a construct that has been pushed to the fore as a norm for grounding authentic change to the liturgy as opposed to inappropriate or precipitous developments. Johnson's invitation to view organic development in terms of neuroplasticity opened new horizons for implementing change in line with an organic metaphor. Mindful of Johnson's research, this article seeks to look into the past rather than toward the future. Through the seminal writings of Joachim Winckelmann (1717-1768), the construct of 'organic development', particularly in relationship to the aesthetic principle of 'noble simplicity', was established as a cornerstone of the late eighteenth-century movement of German neoclassicism. There are lines of influence from Winckelmann through to both the German liturgical scholar Anton Baumstark (1872-1948), who championed the dynamic of 'organic development' in the study of liturgy, and the English expert on liturgical texts, Edmund Bishop (1846-1917), who proposed that the genius of the Roman Rite lay in the Roman virtues of 'noble simplicity'. A close examination of the classicist roots of organic development and noble simplicity provides a range of insights into the contours, presuppositions and limitations of current liturgical disputes. |
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| ISSN: | 0727-3215 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Australasian Catholic record
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3316/informit.T2024061800012090427452339 |