<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>During the 20<sup>th</sup> Century, the Taizé Community created a unique liturgical tradition, combining Byzantine and Latin liturgical elements with Protestant background worship. The combination of these liturgical elements concurred with the rediscovery of the old Tradition of the Church and with the entrance of a considerable number of Catholic brothers into the Taizé community. The high point of this reconsidered Tradition is the introduction of the weekly Sunday Eucharist using the Taizé liturgical order. Nonetheless, the Community maintains a Eucharistic discipline and tries to avoid intercommunion. The combination of different traditional liturgical elements on a traditional Protestant base under the supervision of the community’s founder, Br. Roger, aroused great interest among both theologians and simple believers during the time.</p></abstract>

During the 20th Century, the Taizé Community created a unique liturgical tradition, combining Byzantine and Latin liturgical elements with Protestant background worship. The combination of these liturgical elements concurred with the rediscovery of the old Tradition of the Church and with the entrance of a considerable number of Catholic brothers into the Taizé community. The high point of this reconsidered Tradition is the introduction of the weekly Sunday Eucharist using the Taizé liturgical order. Nonetheless, the Community maintains a Eucharistic discipline and tries to avoid intercommunion. The combination of different traditional liturgical elements on a traditional Protestant base under the supervision of the community’s founder, Br. Roger, aroused great interest among both theologians and simple believers during the time.

A New Stone on an Ancient Foundation: Traditional Liturgical Aspects in Taizé Order of Prayer

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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During the 20th Century, the Taizé Community created a unique liturgical tradition, combining Byzantine and Latin liturgical elements with Protestant...

A New Stone on an Ancient Foundation: Traditional Liturgical Aspects in Taizé Order of Prayer

Published Online: May 13, 2019

Page range: 76 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0006

Keywords
Taizé community, Taizé hymns, Byzantine liturgy, Latin liturgy, Reformed worship, Br. Roger, Br. Alois

© 2019 Alexandru-Marius Crișan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

A New Stone on an Ancient Foundation: Traditional Liturgical Aspects in Taizé Order of Prayer

Published Online: May 13, 2019

Page range: 76 - 89

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ress-2019-0006

KeywordsTaizé community, Taizé hymns, Byzantine liturgy, Latin liturgy, Reformed worship, Br. Roger, Br. Alois

© 2019 Alexandru-Marius Crișan, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Taizé community, Taizé hymns, Byzantine liturgy, Latin liturgy, Reformed worship, Br. Roger, Br. Alois