Liturgies
Scope Notes
Here are entered collections of procedures prescribed for public worship in accordance with authorized or standard forms. Collections of services of any type for use in public worship are entered under [Worship programs.] Works on the historical and theological study of liturgies are entered under [Liturgics.]
Used for
- Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies
Examples
Notes under [Liturgics; Worship programs]
Editorial Notes
subdivision [Liturgy--Texts] under [Judaism;] under individual Jewish and Christian sects and rites; under names of individual Christian monastic and religious orders; and under individual Jewish and Christian ceremonies, rituals, holidays, etc., e.g. [Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts; Judaism--Ari rite--Liturgy--Texts; Jesuits--Liturgy--Texts; Seder--Liturgy--Texts; Good Friday--Liturgy--Texts;] and subdivision [Rituals--Texts] under names of individual religions and sects other than [Judaism] and Jewish and Christian sects, e.g. [Buddhism--Rituals--Texts]