Questions
Based on your reading, answer the following questions:
- Why is worship important?
- What are the two dimensions of Orthodox Christian worship?
- Name the two principal modes in which Orthodox Christian worship is expressed.
- Name two liturgical texts in the Bible.
- According to many scholars, is the oldest passage in the Bible a historical text, a liturgical text, or a geological text?
- Name two places in the Bible where a vision of heavenly worship is described. What do both of these visions have in common?
- When human beings worship God, who are they representing?
- How do we know that people should be able to understand the words they are using to worship God?
- Why is it impossible to fully understand the meaning of the worship of God?
- What role do liturgical translators have in Orthodox Christian worship?