Liturgy II

The students will learn the History of sacred spaces, the sacred architecture, the professional orientation in sacred spaces and the service in such places and buildings. They learn and experience the organizing and leading of church services in the Reformed Church in every life - situation, and they competently cooperate with the pastors of other denominations.

Competences

Specific competences

The students will be able to discern the sacred space from the profane space, become able to orientate themselves and to lead a liturgy in given circumstances (any sacred space, any crucial moment of life. They develop their organizing and leading skills together with their analyzing and synthesizing abilities.

General competences

The students become capable to minister on their own and develop themselves as a decision-maker, because they can grip and understand the Reformed Church's liturgy, they meet the expectations of the theological and practical demands of it.

Course structure

  1. Revision and Report About the Christmas Services in the Light of the Learned Topics

  2. Feasts and Celebration in the Reformed Church

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 1-36 (36)

  3. Learning about Advent

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 34-40 (7)

  4. Learning about Christmas

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 40-50 (11)

  5. Learning about Pre-Lent Season and Lent

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 51-62 (12)

  6. Learning about Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 63-70 (8)

  7. Learning About Ascension with Special Attention on Confirmation

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 67-71 (5)

  8. Learning about Pentecost and Holy Trinity Sunday

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 71-76 (6)

  9. The Feasts of the "Feastless" Semester

    Reading:

    • Szénási Sándor: Ünnepeink. A református egyházi év., 76-85 (10)

  10. Meeting the Lutheran Liturgy

    Reading:

    • Hafenscher Károly: Liturgika. A keresztény istentisztelet protestáns megközelítésben, ökumenikus szellemben, 262-265 (4)

  11. Meeting the Unitarian Liturgy

    A liturgia menete, főbb pontjai, a tér, amelyben történik és a liturgus személye.

  12. Meeting the Roman Catholic Liturgy

    Reading:

    • Hafenscher Károly: Liturgika. A keresztény istentisztelet protestáns megközelítésben, ökumenikus szellemben, 243-255 (13)

  13. Meeting the Orthodox Liturgy

    A liturgia menete, főbb pontjai, a tér, amelyben történik és a liturgus személye.

    Reading:

    • Hafenscher Károly: Liturgika. A keresztény istentisztelet protestáns megközelítésben, ökumenikus szellemben, 265-270 (6)

  14. Revision, the Conception of the Liturgist About the Liturgy II

Total estimated time

Classroom study

  • 2 hours/week (Course: 2 | Seminar: 0 | Practice: 0)
  • 28 hours/semester (Course: 28 | Seminar: 0 | Practice: 0)

Individual study

  • Time for studying course notes and bibliography: 56 hours/semester.
  • Time for further documentation in libraries, electronic platforms, or on the field: 10 hours/semester.
  • Time for preparing essays, papers, or documentation: 7 hours/semester.
  • Time for personal tutoring: 2 hours/semester.
  • Total individual study: 75 hours/semester.
  • Total estimated time: 103 hours/semester.

Examination

The students work in team and they have to create and to perform an accurately detailed liturgy for a feast or for a celebration. They have to hand it in as a written text and before the service starts. They have to monitor everything that happens and they have to articulate on that in writing.Finally they sum up what they have experienced and they have articulate what competences have been achieved and their liturgical concept.