Liturgical Year: Its History and Its Meaning After the Reform of the Liturgy

By Adolf Adam

Book Overview

The liturgical year emanates and derives its growth from the passion and resurrection of Christ. The present year enumerated in the Roman Calendar is the sum of the feasts that have found their set place in the annual cycle. For each of these feasts and the seasons Doctor Adam gives an individual historical-liturgical account. His basic aim is to explain the theological and spiritual substance of the liturgical year against the background of its historical development.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814660479
• ISBN13: 9780814660478
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Very Best Book Available on this Topic

I've read several books on the historical development of the Catholic Church's liturgical year, and Adam's book is without peer. Well-written, clear, concise and thorough, it explains the evolution of the church seasons and individual feasts, solemnities and memorials. Special emphasis is placed on the liturgical reforms begun under Pius XII and completed by Vatical II. This book is not simply for the divinity school professor or student, but any person with an interest in this subject, even if s/he lacks any formal education in this area. (There's also a companion volume available with spiritual reflections by the author for the different church seasons and holydays.)