The Book Of Leviticus

[toledo_jesus]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' post='1082284' date='Oct 2 2006, 07:42 PM']
In the OT the Israelites had their guidebook for worship-- the style of archtecture, the vessels to be used, who would use them, and how they would be used. Everything was spelled out in some 27 or so chapters. God was pretty particular about how He wanted his people to worship Him. So, why is it that there is no such "levitical" book for the NT? Has God changed? Does He no longer care about how we worship? Is it "anything goes"?
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the Catechism of the Catholic Church.

[shortnun]

[quote name='toledo_jesus' post='1087745' date='Oct 9 2006, 07:04 PM']
the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
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I'd have to lean toward the [b][url="http://www.nccbuscc.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml"]General Instruction on the Roman Missal[/url] [/b]or [b][url="http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html"][i]Sacrosanctum concilium[/i][/url] [/b]first.

[toledo_jesus]

[quote name='shortnun' post='1087771' date='Oct 9 2006, 08:29 PM']
I'd have to lean toward the [b][url="http://www.nccbuscc.org/liturgy/current/revmissalisromanien.shtml"]General Instruction on the Roman Missal[/url] [/b]or [b][url="http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_const_19631204_sacrosanctum-concilium_en.html"][i]Sacrosanctum concilium[/i][/url] [/b]first.
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not me. I don't read.

[Thy Geekdom Come]

[quote name='toledo_jesus' post='1087826' date='Oct 9 2006, 09:25 PM']
not me. I don't read.
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Ditto to that. Reading is for nerds.

Oh, wait.

[kdewolf2]

I personally believe that Jesus wanted to bring about a new order of things, in which people would be more concerned with a living faith and the concrete love of God and neighbor than with ritual laws and ordinances. However, He did institute a few basic rites, like the sacraments, and outlined the general form by which they were to be observed, which is found in the N.T. I'd say, in general, God is not indifferent to how we observe these rites, but He is more concerned about the interior aspects of faith, humility, and sincerity, but He leaves the exterior aspects, like the specific rubrics, to the discretion of the church, so that the disciples had more freedom to develop a new order reflecting Christian truth. So there can now be a variety of rites, but we should also abide by the church's rules, since, as St. Paul often reminds us, we ought to worship God in a decent and orderly way.