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Lex orandi, lex credendi
Type: Doctrine
Alternate Labels
- the law of prayer is the law of belief
Related Labels
- Orthopraxy
Web Links
- Wikipedia: Lex orandi, lex credendi
- The Machray Review: Lex Orandi or Lex Credendi by The Rev’d Dr. Peter Toon
- Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: As We Worship, So we will Live by Deacon Keith Fournier
- Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: The Word of God in the Celebration of the Sacraments by Fr. Rick Hilgartner
- Theological Education in 21st Century: an Orthodox bishop’s perspective by Paul Zalonski
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“Lex orandi, lex credendi (Latin loosely translatable as the law of prayer is the law of belief) refers to the relationship between worship and belief, and is an ancient Christian principle which provided a measure for developing the ancient Christian creeds, the canon of scripture and other doctrinal matters based on the prayer texts of the Church, that is, the Church’s liturgy.”(Wikipedia)
Dictionaries
- II. Origin of the belief | The New Bible Dictionary, Third Edition
- Anglicanism | The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Histories
- Church, Doctrine of The | Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible
- Tradition | Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible
- Bérulle, Pierre de (1575–1629) | The Dictionary of Historical Theology
Other resources
- e) Evaluation of criticism | Catholic Principles for Interpreting Scripture: A Study of the Pontifical Commission’s The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church
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