Lex Orandi Lex Credendi. New Liturgical Movement Dom Mark Kirby on Lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi It is sometimes written as, "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi", further deepening the implications of this truth - how we worship reflects what we believe and determines how we will live. The phrase in Latin literally means the law of prayer ("the way we worship") is the law of belief ("what we believe")
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Official provisions for worship can thus have a determinative role in shaping Christian doctrine. The original version of the phrase, ut legem credendi lex statuat supplicandi ("that the law of praying establishes the law of believing"), highlighted the understanding that the Church's teaching (lex credendi) is articulated and made manifest in the celebration of the liturgy and prayer (lex orandi).
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi How We Pray is How We Believe
Lex orandi, lex credendi is a two-directional principle; theology and liturgy are mutually formative; they are "correlative norms" (ibid., 161) Hence the epigram, " Lex orandi, lex credendi " - the law for prayer is the law for faith Lex orandi, lex credendi is usually associated with the fifth-century theologian Prosper of Aquitaine and it basically means "the law of worship determines the law of belief." It is actually the shortened form of the phrase legem credendi lex statuit supplicandi
Gallicanism, lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Sacramentary, mass In The Catholic Church, Roman Missal. The original version of the phrase, ut legem credendi lex statuat supplicandi ("that the law of praying establishes the law of believing"), highlighted the understanding that the Church's teaching (lex credendi) is articulated and made manifest in the celebration of the liturgy and prayer (lex orandi). On the one hand, the liturgy pro-claims, not only in word but in sign and symbol, the Word of God.
Gallicanism, lex Orandi Lex Credendi, Sacramentary, mass In The Catholic Church, Roman Missal. Many theologians have interpreted the phrase in causative terms and therefore argue that "the law of praying forms or causes. It is sometimes written as, "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivendi", further deepening the implications of this truth - how we worship reflects what we believe and determines how we will live.