The (Father Almighty) God We Worship: The Epistemological Role of Liturgy in Christian Theology

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Sophia Pub Date : 2024-07-02 DOI:10.1007/s11841-024-01026-w

Martín Grassi

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In this paper I will argue that Christian theology is rooted in liturgical practices, being theology the theoretical reflection on the ritual practices of the Church. I will show that Christian Personal Theism stems from a liturgical practice by which we praise God as Father Almighty. Taking into account Eleonor Stump’s idea of Franciscan knowledge, and Nicholas Wolterstorff’s and Terence Cuneo’s works on liturgy and theology, I argue that God is deemed in our religious practices as a person to whom we honor and praise. I will, then, focus on the title of God in our Credo as Father Almighty to show the political meaning of Páter Pantokrátor. Attending to this political dimension, I will examine Thomas Aquinas’ definition of religion as a special part of the virtue of justice that is connected to piety and the honor we owe to God as our Father and Lord. Third, I will take Basil of Caesarea’s argument on the holiness of the Holy Spirit to show how the configuration of God as Father Almighty entails as well the configuration of all His creatures as His servants and children. The objective of this paper is to consider the essential role that liturgy plays in the epistemology of theology and the need to complete an analytic perspective with Political Theology and hermeneutics.

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我们敬拜的（全能的）上帝：礼仪在基督教神学中的认识论作用

在本文中，我将论证基督教神学植根于礼仪实践，神学是对教会礼仪实践的理论反思。我将说明，基督教个人有神论源于我们赞美上帝为全能之父的礼仪实践。考虑到埃莉奥诺-斯坦普（Eleonor Stump）的 "方济各会知识 "思想，以及尼古拉斯-沃尔特斯托夫（Nicholas Wolterstorff）和特伦斯-库尼奥（Terence Cuneo）关于礼仪和神学的著作，我认为上帝在我们的宗教实践中被视为一个我们尊敬和赞美的人。因此，我将重点关注《信经》中上帝的称谓 "全能的父亲"，以说明 Páter Pantokrátor 的政治含义。针对这一政治维度，我将研究托马斯-阿奎那对宗教的定义，即宗教是正义美德的一个特殊部分，它与虔诚以及我们对作为我们的父亲和主的上帝的尊敬相关联。第三，我将从 Basil of Caesarea 关于圣灵神圣性的论证出发，说明上帝作为全能之父的配置是如何将他的所有受造物配置为他的仆人和子女的。本文的目的在于思考礼仪在神学认识论中的重要作用，以及完成政治神学和诠释学分析视角的必要性。

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