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by Adam Couchman (Author)
What does it mean to worship? More often than not, we understand worship to be something that we perform for God. If that's the case, then worship is ultimately a human action that flows from human effort. How would our understanding of worship change, though, if we took as our starting point that Jesus is a fully human and fully divine worshiper? Does it then mean that God is worshiping? In responding to these questions Liturgia Dei suggests that worship is not primarily something we do for God, but something God is eternally performing. Worship is the eternal glorification of God that extends from, and returns to, the eternal relations of Father, Son, and Mother Spirit. The church joins in this worship to, through, and with Jesus Christ.
Author Biography
Adam Couchman is Academic Dean and Lecturer in Theology and Liturgy at St Francis College, in Brisbane, Australia. He is the author of In the image of the Image: Gregory of Nyssa's Opposition to Slavery (2023).
