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Objectives and Achievements of The Liturgical Movement in The Roman Catholic Church Since World War II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

Ernest B. Koenker
Ernest B. Koenker
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Valparaiso University
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When one mentions the “liturgy” or “Liturgical Movement” a variety of strange or confusing pictures is likely to be raised in a person's mind: the hearer may have passed through some unfortunate experience and thereby acquired what he calls “anti-liturgical inclinations;” he may have visions of vestments, gestures, or ceremonies which he finds difficult to follow; he may even be ready to dismiss everything liturgical as exhibiting “Catholicizing tendencies.”

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Research Article
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Church History , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , June 1951 , pp. 14 - 27
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Copyright © American Society of Church History 1951

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