Old Catholic Institute Continuing Formation in the Old Catholic Tradition

LITU601 - Liturgics in the Dutch Old Catholic Tradition

Instructor: Bishop Greer Godsey

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Course Content

Section 1

  • LITU601 - Syllabus file

MODULE 0: Course Orientation — Liturgics, Method, and the Dutch Old Catholic Tradition

  • Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands file
  • John Mason Neale — History of the So-Called Jansenist Church of Holland (1858) file
  • The Old Catholic Missal and Ritual (1909, A.H. Mathew) file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) file

MODULE 1: The Liturgy of Scripture — New Testament Foundations of Christian Worship

  • Jewish Liturgy and Christian Origins file
  • Didache Chapters 9-10 — Early Eucharistic prayers file
  • 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 — Paul's Eucharistic account text
  • Acts 2:42-47 — The Breaking of Bread text
  • John 6:22-71 — Bread of Life Discourse text
  • The Lord's Prayer — Matthew 6 and Luke 11 compared text
  • MODULE 1 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 2: The Second Century — Didache, Justin Martyr, and the Shape of Early Worship

  • Justin Martyr, First Apology — Chapters 61-67 file
  • Didache — Complete text file
  • Ignatius of Antioch — Letters on the Eucharist and episcopate file
  • Pliny the Younger — Letter to Trajan on Christian worship practices (c.112 CE) file
  • Early Christian Liturgics file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Didache file
  • Module 2 Quiz quiz

MODULE 3: The Great Prayers — Anaphoras of the Early Church

  • Apostolic Tradition (Hippolytus) — Complete text file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses (on the Eucharist) file
  • Sarapion of Thmuis — Euchologion (Egyptian prayer book) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Anaphora file
  • Theodore of Mopsuestia — Catechetical Homilies on the Eucharist file
  • Eucharistic Prayers compared — Felix Just SJ file
  • MODULE 3 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 4: Roman Rite Origins — From House Church to Papal Station

  • Leo the Great — Sermons and Letters file
  • Gregory the Great — Letters on liturgy file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Canon of the Mass file
  • Liber Pontificalis — Pontifical Book of the Church of Rome excerpts file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Mass (Liturgy of the) file
  • Ambrose of Milan — On the Sacraments (De Sacramentis) file
  • MODULE 4 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 5: Gallican and Celtic Liturgical Traditions — Western Rite Diversity

  • Boniface — Letters on liturgy and mission file
  • The Stowe Missal — Early Irish liturgical text file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Gallican Rite file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Celtic Rite file
  • Bede — Ecclesiastical History — Willibrord and the Frisian Mission file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Mozarabic Rite file
  • MODULE 5 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 6: Medieval Liturgical Development — From Carolingian Reform to the Tridentine Missal

  • Council of Trent — Session XXII on the Mass file
  • Thomas Aquinas — Summa Theologica — Tertia Pars on the Eucharist (QQ. 73-83) file
  • Fourth Lateran Council (1215) — Canon 21 on annual confession and communion file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Mass file
  • Corpus Christi — Aquinas's Lauda Sion and O Salutaris Hostia file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Liturgical Books file
  • MODULE 6 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 7: Jansenism, Port-Royal, and the Liturgical Reform Movement in France

  • Cornelius Jansen — Augustinus (summary) file
  • Pasquier Quesnel — Reflections Morales overview file
  • The Bull Unigenitus (1713) file
  • Port-Royal and Jansenism — Catholic Encyclopedia file
  • John Mason Neale — History of the Jansenist Church of Holland (Ch. 1-5) file
  • Van Neercassel — Amor Poenitens (overview) file
  • MODULE 7 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 8: The Utrecht Schism, the 1724 Consecration, and Early Dutch Old Catholic Liturgy

  • RESEARCH PAPER 1 assignment
  • Petrus Codde — Old Catholic Institute file
  • The 1724 Consecration — John Mason Neale history — Chapters 8-11 file
  • The Old Catholic Missal and Ritual (1909) file
  • Old Catholic Church of the Netherlands file
  • Apostolic Succession Through the Utrecht Old Catholic Line of Succession file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) file
  • MODULE 8 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 9: The Liturgy of the Word — Scripture, Proclamation, and Preaching

  • Justin Martyr — First Apology Chapters 65-67 file
  • Origen — On First Principles — Homilies on the Scriptures file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Procatechesis and Catechetical Lectures file
  • Augustine — Sermon 227 (On the Eucharist for the Newly Baptized) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Homily file
  • The Lectionary for Mass — Complete tables text
  • MODULE 9 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 10: The Liturgy of the Eucharist — Offering, Consecration, and Communion

  • The Old Catholic Missal (1909) — Order of Mass file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Mass — Liturgy of the Eucharist file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catechesis V (on the Eucharist) file
  • Eucharistic Prayers I-IV compared file
  • Declaration of Utrecht — Article 6 on the Eucharist file
  • John Chrysostom — Homilies on the Eucharist file
  • MODULE 10 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 11: Baptism, Confirmation, and Christian Initiation

  • Tertullian — On Baptism file
  • Hippolytus — Apostolic Tradition (baptismal rite) 20-21 file
  • Ambrose of Milan — On the Mysteries and On the Sacraments file
  • Cyril of Jerusalem — Mystagogical Catecheses I-II (on Baptism and Chrismation) file
  • Augustine — On Baptism Against the Donatists file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Baptism file
  • MODULE 11 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 12: Holy Orders — Apostolic Succession, the Rite of Ordination, and Dutch Old Catholic Practice

  • Ignatius of Antioch — Letters on the threefold ministry file
  • Hippolytus — Apostolic Tradition (rites of ordination) Chapters 1-11 file
  • Apostolic Succession of the Old Catholic Church file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Holy Orders file
  • Anglican-Old Catholic Theological Agreement on Ministry — Bonn Agreement 1931 file
  • Council of Trent — Session XXIII on Holy Orders file
  • MODULE 12 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 13: Marriage, Anointing, and the Occasional Offices

  • James 5:13-16 — Anointing of the sick file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Matrimony file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Extreme Unction file
  • Council of Trent — Session XIV on Penance and Extreme Unction file
  • Origen — Commentary on Matthew — On marriage and divorce file
  • The Old Catholic Missal (1909) — Occasional Offices file
  • MODULE 13 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 14: The Liturgical Year in Dutch Old Catholic Practice

  • St. Willibrord — Catholic Encyclopedia file
  • St. Boniface — Catholic Encyclopedia file
  • Egeria's Pilgrimage — Description of Holy Week in Jerusalem (c. 381 CE) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Liturgical Year file
  • Augustine — Sermon 220 (on the Easter Vigil) - Page 200-201 file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Ash Wednesday file
  • MODULE 14 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 15: The Divine Office and Daily Prayer

  • Benedict of Nursia — Rule of Saint Benedict (chapters on the Divine Office) file
  • Cyprian of Carthage — On the Lord's Prayer (theology of the Hours) file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Breviary file
  • Cassian — Conferences on Prayer file
  • Psalter — Complete Psalms file
  • Catholic Encyclopedia — Liturgy of the Hours file
  • MODULE 15 QUIZ quiz

MODULE 16: Liturgical Renewal — The Twentieth Century, Ecumenism, and the Future of Dutch Old Catholic Worship

  • RESEARCH PAPER 2 — CAPSTONE (Final) assignment
  • Sacrosanctum Concilium — Vatican II Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (1963) file
  • Lima Text — Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (BEM, 1982) file
  • Old Catholic Church in the Netherlands — World Council of Churches file
  • Romano Guardini — The Spirit of the Liturgy (1918) file
  • Declaration of Utrecht (1889) file
  • Bonn Agreement (1931) — Anglican-Old Catholic full communion file
  • Module 16 Quiz quiz