In describing his method of analysing liturgical history, Robert Taft has observed a recurring pa... more In describing his method of analysing liturgical history, Robert Taft has observed a recurring pattern with regards to the evolution of liturgical units: One seeks to go back to that point at which the unit under study emerges in its pristine integrity, before decomposition set in. Decomposition is usually provoked by later additions. Overloaded rites like overloaded circuits eventually blow a fuse. Something has to be unplugged, and in liturgical load reducing the integrity of units is rarely respected, especially if their original form is no longer understood, or if they are no longer executed as they were originally intended to be. 1 * I wish to thank Rev. Dr. Arsenius Mikhail for reviewing this paper and providing valuable feedback and comments. 1. Robert F. Taft, "The Structural Analysis of Liturgical Units: An Essay in Methodology,"
In describing his method of analysing liturgical history, Robert Taft has observed a recurring pa... more In describing his method of analysing liturgical history, Robert Taft has observed a recurring pattern with regards to the evolution of liturgical units: One seeks to go back to that point at which the unit under study emerges in its pristine integrity, before decomposition set in. Decomposition is usually provoked by later additions. Overloaded rites like overloaded circuits eventually blow a fuse. Something has to be unplugged, and in liturgical load reducing the integrity of units is rarely respected, especially if their original form is no longer understood, or if they are no longer executed as they were originally intended to be. 1 * I wish to thank Rev. Dr. Arsenius Mikhail for reviewing this paper and providing valuable feedback and comments. 1. Robert F. Taft, "The Structural Analysis of Liturgical Units: An Essay in Methodology,"
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