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Title: Lex orandi, lex credendi
Author: MJ. Smith
Date: 2009 Dec 26 at 08:28

Lex orandi, lex credendi

Type: Doctrine

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the law of prayer is the law of belief

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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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Title: Lex orandi, lex credendi
Author: MJ. Smith
Date: 2009 Dec 26 at 09:05