The Symbols of the church / Maurice Dilasser.

By:

Dilasser, Maurice

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Minnesota : The Liturgical Press, c1999.Description: 167 p. : col., ill., ports. ; 31 cmISBN:

0-8146-2538-X

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DDC classification:

Ref. 246.55 D576 1999

Contents:

pt. 1: Symbols of the Christian world. The world and its image ; The inhabitants of the heavenly and terrestrial worlds ; The world subject to humanity ; Elements, space, and time -- pt. 2: Church symbolism. Evolution of churches and their symbolism -- pt. 3: Permanent Church signs --

Summary: Science has its own language; the arts have another. Religion uses especially the language of the arts, for it uses signs and symbols, like bridges from the visible to the invisible, from the depths to the heights, from the earthly world to the heavenly one, from humanity to God. The symbol is not an object of worship, but invites to worship. It leads to the encounter with the divine. Its language takes an object or an action and from it evokes something other, which is often inexpressible, by virtue of some correspondence, natural association, or convention.--From publisher description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference	Holy Family Academy High School Library Reference	Reference	Ref. 246.55 D576 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		23675

Includes index.
Translated by Mary Cabrini Durkin, Madeleine Beaumont and Caroline Morson.

pt. 1: Symbols of the Christian world. The world and its image ; The inhabitants of the heavenly and terrestrial worlds ; The world subject to humanity ; Elements, space, and time --
pt. 2: Church symbolism. Evolution of churches and their symbolism --
pt. 3: Permanent Church signs --

Science has its own language; the arts have another. Religion uses especially the language of the arts, for it uses signs and symbols, like bridges from the visible to the invisible, from the depths to the heights, from the earthly world to the heavenly one, from humanity to God. The symbol is not an object of worship, but invites to worship. It leads to the encounter with the divine. Its language takes an object or an action and from it evokes something other, which is often inexpressible, by virtue of some correspondence, natural association, or convention.--From publisher description.

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