Living Renewal

RUDOLF FRIELING (1901-86) was born in Leipzig, Germany. He studied Theology and Philosophy and helped found The Christian Community – a contemporary movement for religious renewal – in 1922. He became the leader of The Christian Community in 1957, serving until his death. He is the author of several books on Christianity and the Bible.

• ForewordPrefaces Early ContributionsThe Destruction of the Temple and the End of the World (1925)Christ in John’s Gospel (1926)Friedrich Rittelmeyer: Right Worship (1926) Sacred Playing (1925)1. Sacred Playing2. The Three Steps3. The Liturgical Colours4. Sacred Numbers5. Time and Space Prayer and the Renewed Sacrament (1929-1975)                                        1. The Earth—Exile or Homeland? 2. Beginning3. The Beginning of the Christian Church4. Metamorphoses of the Christian Eucharist5. The Seven Sacraments in the developing Consciousness of Christianity’s History6. The Step in Consciousness to meet the Liturgical Ritual                           7. The Act of Consecration of the Human Being8. The Act of Consecration as a Spiritual Path                                             9. Sacrament and Reality10. The Threefold Experience of God11. God ‘all in all’—the great Ultimate Aim12. The Human Dignity to Sacrifice13. Worthy and Unworthy Communion14. Mediation15. The Voice of Christ16. Christian Prayer17. The Structure of the Lord’s Prayer18. Praying the Lord’s Prayer with those who have died19. Concerning Supplication20. ‘The light in you’21. Primordial Forces in the Creed Sacred Number in John’s Gospel (1933)Foreword I. Three and Seven in Christ’s AddressesThe ThreeThe Seven       II. The Trinitarian Pattern in Formulations and RecurrenceIII. The Trinitarian Rhythm in the Division of single SentencesEpilogue           Studies on the MassA Chapter of ProlegomenaHermann Beckh: The Text of the Act of Consecration of Man in relation to the Text of the Old Latin Mass Studies on the Mass (1948, corrected 1981/82)I. Concerning the MassDegrees of TransformationThe Words of Institution          The Sacrifice of the Mass II. The relationships between the Roman Mass and the Act of Consecration of ManRudolf Steiner’s [German] translation of the MassBefore the Gospel ReadingGospel Reading and CreedOffertoryThe individual Offertory prayersThe CanonCommunion AppendixA glance at the Eastern Liturgy Contributions on the Epistles (Seasonal Prayers) (1926-1974)1. The Seasonal Prayers (1926)      2. Fundamental Epistle (1963)3. The Trinity Epistle (1974)                                              4. Passiontide (1963)5. Easter (1963)6. Ascension (1963)7. St John’s-tide (1963)8. Michaelmas Epistle (1963)9. The Altar in the Epistles (1963) Four Book Reviews and three Appreciations:Hermann Beckh’s Literary Life’s Work (1937)Prof. Dr Hermann Beckh’s John’s Gospel: The Cosmic Rhythm—Stars and Stones (1930)Alchemy: The Mystery of the Material World by Prof. Dr Hermann Beckh (1931)Friedrich Rittelmeyer and John’s Gospel (1938)Johannes Lenz: On the Anniversary of Rudolf Frieling’s Death (1987)Christoph Rau: Rudolf Frieling’s Theological Work (1986)Andreas Weymann: Rudolf Frieling and the Sense for Number (2001) The Works of Dr Rudolf Frieling (1901-1986)

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