Can Catholic Social Teaching Bring Peace to the “Liturgy Wars”?
Peter Jeffery
A way past the “liturgy wars” opens up if we view contemporary liturgy from perspective of Catholic social teaching. Freedom conscience and worship requires toleration diverse theories liturgy. Respect for dignity human person foregrounds Vatican II’s fundamental teaching that active participation is primary indispensable source true Christian spirit. The right to culture signals importance culturally informed liturgical formation. In this can be reinterpreted as illustrating Congar’s dialectical understanding ecclesiastical tradition.
Theological Studies