
''Ecclesia orans: Periodica de Scientiis Liturgicis'' is a
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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on all aspects of
Christian liturgy
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published by the
Pontifical Institute of Sacred Liturgy of
Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino
Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino () is a complex located on the Piazza Knights Hospitaller, Cavalieri di Malta Square on the Aventine Hill in Rome's Ripa (rione of Rome), Ripa rione and overseen by the Benedictine Confederation and the Abbot Primate. The ...
.
The journal was established in 1984 by
Adrien Nocent
Adrien Nocent, OSB (2 February 1913 – 9 December 1996) was a Belgian monk and liturgical theologian.
Biography
Nocent was born in Charleroi and entered Maredsous Abbey at the age of 19, making solemn vows in 1933. He was ordained as a prie ...
and
Anscar Chupungco
Dom Anscar Javier Chupungco, , (10 November 1939 - 9 January 2013) was a Filipino Benedictine monk, who was a noted liturgist, theologian and a mentor to all Filipino liturgists and countless students of the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in R ...
and appeared triannually.
Some sources identify an earlier publication of the same name published at the
Maria Laach Abbey
Maria Laach Abbey (in German: ''Abtei Maria Laach'', in Latin: ''Abbatia Maria Lacensis'' or ''Abbatia Maria ad Lacum'') is a Benedictine abbey situated in Glees, on the southwestern shore of the Laacher See (Lake Laach), in the Eifel regio ...
in 1918.
It was the second in a two-part series, which provided a rereading of the sources of the liturgical tradition from historical, theological, and pastoral perspectives.
Since 2013, ''Ecclesia orans'' has been published biannually. The
editor-in-chief
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is Markus Tymister (
Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm
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). Articles are published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Editors-in-chief
The following persons are or have been editors-in chief:
*
Adrien Nocent
Adrien Nocent, OSB (2 February 1913 – 9 December 1996) was a Belgian monk and liturgical theologian.
Biography
Nocent was born in Charleroi and entered Maredsous Abbey at the age of 19, making solemn vows in 1933. He was ordained as a prie ...
OSB (1984-1996)
*
Anscar Chupungco
Dom Anscar Javier Chupungco, , (10 November 1939 - 9 January 2013) was a Filipino Benedictine monk, who was a noted liturgist, theologian and a mentor to all Filipino liturgists and countless students of the Pontifical Atheneum of St. Anselm in R ...
OSB (1997)
*Cassian Folsom OSB (1997-1998)
*Ephrem Carr OSB (1999-2012)
*Pietro Angelo Muroni (2012–2018)
*Markus Tymister (2018–present)
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in the
ATLA Religion Database and in 2012 and 2014 in
Scopus
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.
References
External links
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*{{ISSN, 1010-3872
1984 establishments in Italy
Biannual journals
Academic journals established in 1984
Multilingual journals