Changed from Glory into Glory

<p>Through tracing the liturgical history of the Christian faith from its foundation in Old Testament</p><p>Israel through the early church middle ages Reformation to the present this book demonstrates</p><p>that liturgy forms religion and religion forms liturgy.</p><p><br></p><p>One of the best ways to truly understand what lies at the core of the Christian faith is by studying</p><p>its worship for corporate worship does something far more significant than many Christians</p><p>recognize-public worship both reveals belief and forms belief. How a community</p><p>worships-its content its liturgy and its forms of expression-reveals the underlying religious</p><p>commitments of those who plan and lead the worship. Conversely corporate worship forms the</p><p>beliefs of the worshipers. Public worship is not simply about authentic expression of the</p><p>worshipers; rather how a church worships week after week progressively shapes their beliefs</p><p>since those worship practices were cultivated by and embody certain beliefs.</p><p><br></p>