Liturgia chrzcielna księcia Mieszka I. Próba źródłowej rekonstrukcji
The Baptismal Liturgy of Duke Mieszko I. An attempt of the source reconstruction
Author(s): Karol LitawaSubject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Social Sciences, History of Church(es), Theology and Religion, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Culture, Pastoral Theology, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Uniwersytet Opolski
Keywords: Baptism; sacraments of initiation; Mieszko I; Pontifical; Sacramentary; baptismal font;
Summary/Abstract: Due to the lack of written sources testifying the liturgy of baptism and of the other sacraments of Christian initiation of the first sovereign of Poland, Mieszko I, one can formulate a hypothesis, that the celebrant used the rites from the Romano-German Pontifical, edited in Mainz in the early 10th century. Unquestionable, from the historical-liturgical point of view this Pontifical had a large impact for the edition of the liturgical books in the following centuries, including the liturgical books in Poland. The hypothesis formulated in this study brings closer a distant historical moment, which took out the polish forefathers from the pagan world instilling them to the Mystical Body of Christ and to the centuries-old tradition of the Church, and opening them — at the same time — to the European, i.e. Christian culture.
Journal: Liturgia Sacra
- Issue Year: XXII/2016
- Issue No: 47
- Page Range: 105-120
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Polish