Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Liturgical theology: scope and method; Leitourgia in the West Syrian mystagogical tradition; Liturgical vocabulary; Liturgy as the expression of doctrine; Liturgy as the expression of christology; Pneumatology of the liturgy; The festal gathering: the church and the communication of saints; Witness to the last things; Mystery of the time; The meaning of the Ordo; Conclusion; Bibliography; Glossary; Indexes.

About the Author

Revd Dr Baby Varghese is a Professor at the Orthodox Theological Seminary in Kottayam, Kerala, India.