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Then Walter Lippmann, high priest of liberal Democratic pundits, all but excommunicated Goldwater from the G.O.P. Goldwater, said Lippmann, probably will be refused the nomination because his "philosophy is radically opposed to the central traditions of the Republican Party, and is wholly alien to the moderate and conservative character of the American party system...
...Liturgy" derives from Greek words meaning work of the people, but in Roman Catholicism it often seems to be exclusively a job for priests. Compared with most Protestant denominations, in which congregations participate in the service with hymns and responses, Catholicism at prayer is a church of silence. Enter almost any Roman Catholic church in Manhattan or Mantua or Manila: the priest at Mass will be standing at the altar, his back to the congregation, mumbling almost inaudibly in Latin, while the laymen in the pews silently finger rosaries or flip through the pages of their missals to find...
...congregation joins with Christ in offering anew the sacrifice of his body and blood under the form of bread and wine. The ritual evolved over many centuries. The "Mass" of the early Christians was a simple commemorative meal, at which worshipers ate bread and drank wine over which a priest had repeated Jesus' words at the Last Supper. Each local church developed its own customs and ceremonies to surround these acts, but in the Middle Ages the rite performed in Rome became the model for the entire Western church. Gradually the Mass became a mysterious rite, celebrated...
...reformers revived congregational singing of chants and hymns that accompany the Mass. In place of ornate altars, they celebrated Mass on plain stone tables, and they faced the congregation instead of the wall. They introduced the "dialogue" Mass, in which the congregation responds to the prayers of the priest. Some reformers advocated that at least parts of the Mass be recited in the language of the people...
...with stony immobility in Ireland, Spain and much of Latin America. In the U.S., liturgical reform is slowly but steadily progressing. Many Catholic churches in the U.S. have adopted the dialogue Mass. In some churches, the congregation repeats parts of the Mass in English, following along after an assisting priest, or even a layman, who stands facing the congregation and says in English what the priest at the altar has just recited in Latin...