Liturgy and Architecture

by Louis Bouyer

Ritual and architecture have provided the abstract and the tangible foundations of group worship from the era of the first Christians to the present-day ceremonial of the Church.

Through the centuries the buildings that house liturgical practices have developed their own specific individuality, and the interpretation of the liturgy is reflected in architecture, a reflection in stone of community prayer lives. The early Syrian churches, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0268001596
• ISBN13: 9780268001599
• Release Date: June 1965
• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"