The Meaning of Advent: Implications for Preaching

Authors

Frank C. Senn, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

11-1-1971

Document Type

Article

Keywords

advent, epiphany, christmas, lectionary, spain, lent, liturgical, missal, preaching, baptism

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

If we confess that the Holy Spirit, at work in the church at all times and in all places, in some sense inspired the development of a liturgical calendar and a pericopal system for the expansion of the Mystery, the edification of the faithful, and the amplification of preaching possibilities, then we must also confess that the Spirit could effect changes in the meaning of the various feasts and liturgical seasons with the passage of time and with shifts in the expression of piety. The Holy Spirit did not retire in the fourth century any more than he did after the day of Pentecost.

Disciplines

Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

Isaiah 2:1; Isaiah 35:1; Isaiah 2:2-5; Isaiah 7:10-15; Luke 1:26-38; Isaiah 11:1-5;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Senn, Frank C. (1971) "The Meaning of Advent: Implications for Preaching," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 42, Article 64.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol42/iss1/64