Text in German / Zusammenfassung Die Predigten zur Parusie Jesu finden im Perikopenplan der Evangelischen Landeskirche eine geringe Aufmerksamkeit. Die Thematik beschränkt sich auf das Ende, wie auf den Anfang des Kirchenjahres, genauer gesagt auf den 2. Advent. Das Thema der Parusie Jesu ist nicht unbedingt ein Hauptthema in der Predigtarbeit. Aber die Parusie Jesu ist das Hauptziel des Glaubens der Christen. Durch diese Arbeit soll der Predigtarbeit, sowie dem Thema der Parusie Jesu mehr Beachtung geschenkt werden. In dieser Arbeit wird die DDR Sozial- und Kirchengeschichte mit den Kurzbiographien der Prediger vorgestellt. Diese sind zum Teil Hintergrundinformation für die Predigtanalysen. Die Arbeit widmet sich einer Predigtanalyse zum biblischen Hintergrund und zum historischen Hintergrund der DDR, um den Stellenwert der Parusie Jesu in den Predigten zu erforschen. Die Bewertung der Predigtpraxis und die Evaluation bilden den Abschluss der Arbeit. Zusammenfassung Die Predigten zur Parusie Jesu finden im Perikopenplan der Evangelischen Landeskirche eine geringe Aufmerksamkeit. Die Thematik beschränkt sich auf das Ende, wie auf den Anfang des Kirchenjahres, genauer gesagt auf den 2. Advent. Das Thema der Parusie Jesu ist nicht unbedingt ein Hauptthema in der Predigtarbeit. Aber die Parusie Jesu ist das Hauptziel des Glaubens der Christen. Durch diese Arbeit soll der Predigtarbeit, sowie dem Thema der Parusie Jesu mehr Beachtung geschenkt werden. In dieser Arbeit wird die DDR Sozial- und Kirchengeschichte mit den Kurzbiographien der Prediger vorgestellt. Diese sind zum Teil Hintergrundinformation für die Predigtanalysen. Die Arbeit widmet sich einer Predigtanalyse zum biblischen Hintergrund und zum historischen Hintergrund der DDR, um den Stellenwert der Parusie Jesu in den Predigten zu erforschen. Die Bewertung der Predigtpraxis und die Evaluation bilden den Abschluss der Arbeit. / Practical Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology))

One of the concerns of the modern Christian church and dissident groups is to ensure that the Church's fundamental doctrines, leadership, women's ministries and religious practices conform with the early apostolic church teachings. In this study the writer offers a comprehensive and detailed evaluation of the modern church in the light of the early church. The case of the modern Seventhday Adventist (SDA) Church in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and worldwide is examined and compared, basing its survey on numerous published and unpublished documents from a combined use of primary, secondary materials and individual statements. Setting the early history of the SDA Church within the religious context of nineteenth-century America, the writer describes how SDA doctrines, leadership, women's ministries and religious practices link with those beliefs and practices in the early apostolic church, showing whether the SDA Church has departed from the early apostolic church’s Biblical, timeless principles or not. Several pertinent issues however have stirred up as much controversy in recent years within the Adventist dissident groups as that of the women’s ministries in the church, the righteousness by faith doctrine, the monarchical leadership, and various religious practices. Nevertheless, in the light of the early apostolic teaching, some enlightenment has been achieved, and several critical accusations from dissident groups were illuminated and confirmed.The accusation regarding the deterioration of Biblical doctrines appears not to have been confirmed by the Biblical evaluation and the lifestyle of the SDA believers. Rather, concerning this issue, it is confirmed that in the DRC and worldwide, the SDA Church has not departed from the fundamental doctrines of the early Apostolic church. / Thesis (D. TH. (Church History))

There is dissatisfaction with the Collects when scholastically (classically) understood. An alternative phenomenological understanding is an engaging and artistic philosophical enquiry. Phenomenological philosophical enquiry engages the individual in meaningful interpretation and construction of the life-world founded on a non-dichotomous ontology. Phenomenological enquiry (existential philosophy) interprets the present and relates to the future such as is not possible in scholastic (classical) philosophy. The early twentieth century philosophers, Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, conceived a phenomenological method of interpretation which innovatively placed the subject and object in a dialectical union. Understanding the Collects phenomenologically presents new insights susceptible to consensus within a community. At present, the Collects are structured on the principles of classical (dichotomous) ontology. The Collects reflect the collective religious meaning of the life-world and provide a vision upon which a community may build. In phenomenological interpretation an individual and a community, in the presence of that which is divine, participate as co-creators of the life-world. Thus, in contemporary western society phenomenological methodology ~ay be more helpful and therefore more desirable than scholastic methodology for theological interpretation. The hypothesis that phenomenological philosophy is more helpful, thus more desirable, than scholastic philosopl1y began as a hunch on my part. From a theological perspective, I examined data obtained from a particular focus group. Intelligent reflection, phenomenologically not classically understood, is a working principle in this thesis. / Taking into account phenomenological methodology and conceptualising the problem as originally and scientifically as circumstances permit, I offer a resolution to the dissatisfaction with the Collects. I suggest replacing scholastic ontological understanding with the more helpful phenomenological ontological understanding in liturgical interpretation. This replacement-solution hypothesis is evidenced in this study minimally, but sufficiently, to conclude that such replacement is occurring in theological understanding. There are clear existential intimations of a shift from classical understanding to phenomenological understanding. The results of the survey show traditional understanding to be favoured, however. In the concluding remarks, I evaluate my findings and suggest what direction future studies may take. / Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology / D. Th. (Practical Theology)

Pentecostalism has, in recent times, undeniably contributed towards the growth of the church as a whole. Public worship services inherently submit and contribute towards the meeting between man and God as well as fellowship between the people who form part of said service. Public services in honor of God speak to the purposes of God and man’s fundamental desire to meet with our Creator. Consequently, research into this phenomenon proves vital in determining and even extending the role of the Pentecostal ideology in correlation to the longevity of honorary public services. Chapters 2 through 4 shed light on some of the key concepts that clarifies the dynamic nature of these events, throughout the service wherein the radiant power of God touches the human heart in some astounding ways. Exegetic studies have been undertaken into 2 Chronicles 5-7 which examines these instances of divine meeting in the Old Testament while the second chapter of Acts deals with the event from a New Testament perspective. In addition to this, 1 Corinthians 11-14 was utilized to highlight the role of the Holy Ghost as the instigator for divine meeting. Specific issues addressed by the research include service preparation and the role of music and its contribution to ambience preceding a meeting between man and God. Moreover, a keen focus on the sermon and the delivery thereof as well as its progression leading up to the conclusion and summary in closing and prayer, are all dealt with as part of this study. This dynamic, in essence, becomes visible through the statement issued by the life of each disciple as a living testament to this consuming and changing event. Honorary public services fit the bill as an event to promote divine meeting. Chapter 5 delves into some of the auxiliary sciences i.e. sociology, communication science, psychology and the field of antropology. The principles in chapters 2 through 4 are affirmed by these aspects of science and provide perspective on the practical applications thereof. All these factors in relation to practice have also been scrutinized through empirical research. This research clearly places divine meeting as a central to and inseparable from perceiver experience. Chapter 7 provides practical guidelines to alternative approaches in practicum. The study proposes a model whereby certain aspects can be examined from a Pentecostal point of view in order to tailor services as a dais for divine meeting. Most importantly it should be evident in the life of the participant that they have truly encounter God. This meeting is the prime objective and at the heart of public service. It serves and should always serve as a doorway to Christian life. / PhD (Liturgics), North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2014

L’objectif de ce mémoire est de comprendre comment une certaine vision du monde, basée sur des croyances théologiques, a contribué à la composition du concerto pour violon Offertorium de Sofia Gubaïdulina. C’est par le biais de cette œuvre qu’est explorée l’idée du dialogue musicothéologique, en proposant des façons par lesquelles la pièce musicale en question peut servir de porteuse ou d’interprète d’une pensée théologique. Afin d’appuyer cette idée, la démarche intertextuelle employée par Heidi Epstein est utilisée. Cette méthode permet de faciliter non seulement le travail interdisciplinaire, mais aussi la lecture théologique de l’œuvre musicale. Le premier chapitre explore les sources, les questions et la problématique qui entoure le dialogue musicothéologique. La conclusion tirée est que l’étude d’Offertorium nécessite une approche équilibrée. Nous entendons par cela, une approche qui prend en ligne de compte la réflexion théologique autant que la recherche musicologique tout en respectant les contributions théologiques que l’œuvre musicale peut apporter en soi. Dans le deuxième chapitre, une analyse thématique d’Offertorium a été tentée ainsi qu’une étude du discours théologique et spirituel de la compositrice. Il a été conclu que l’arrière-plan russe orthodoxe de Gubaidulina a beaucoup influencé sa vision du monde et son approche artistique. Le concerto est porteur d’idées et de symboles liturgiques ou théologiques de l’Orthodoxie dans sa structure et dans sa construction thématique. Le troisième chapitre explore les parallèles entre la pensée de Gubaidulina et les écritures de plusieurs théologiens russes orthodoxes du 20e siècle. La conclusion de ce chapitre démontre que, même s’il est improbable que la compositrice connaisse bien ces auteurs, sa compréhension théologique et spirituelle sort du climat religieux de l’Église Orthodoxe. Cette idée explique les complémentarités et les similarités entre son discours, son œuvre et les propos des théologiens discutés. Le quatrième chapitre évalue la validité d’Offertorium comme moyen d’expression théologique ainsi que de générateur de réflexion théologique. La conclusion de la recherche est qu’Offertorium peut bel et bien être un espace théologique. Ce qui veut dire que des idées théologiques peuvent être communiquées par le biais de l’expérience sonore que ce soit par la mélodie ou l’ambiance générale. Également, cela implique que la musique devient un partenaire égal, quoique différent des méthodes de réflexion traditionnelles au sein de la conversation théologique. / This paper explores the musico-theological dialogue through the study of Sofia Gubaidulina's violin concerto, Offertorium. Its aim is to understand how theological belief and worldview have influenced and contributed to Offertorium's composition, and in consequence, how the concerto serves as an interpretive conductor of theological thought. To support this idea, the intertextual method developed by Heidi Epstein is employed, which aids not only the interdisciplinary approach, but also a theological analysis of a musical work. Chapter One explores the sources, questions and problematic concerning musico-theological dialogues. It concludes that for studying Offertorium, a balanced approach was in order, one that took into consideration theological reflection as much as musicological research, and that respected the music's theological contributions in its own right. Chapter Two attempts an analysis of Offertorium and a study of the composer's discourse on matters of theology, religion and spirituality. It is concluded that Gubaidulina's background in Russian Orthodoxy has deeply influenced her worldview and artistic approach. Many Orthodox theological and liturgical themes and symbols are present structurally or thematically in the concerto. Chapter Three explores the parallels between the composer's ideas and the writings of several contemporary Russian Orthodox theologians. It concludes that while it is improbable that Gubaidulina is familiar with these writers, hers is a worldview that has emerged from the experience of a Russian Orthodox climate which explains the similarities and complementarities between her work and the work of the discussed authors. Chapter Four evaluates the validity of Offertorium as a means of theological expression, but also as the producer of original theological thought. It concludes that both are possible, rendering Offertorium its own theological ground. The conclusion of the study is that a musical work such as Offertorium can be a “theological ground”. This entails that theological ideas in this case are communicated through experience (experiencing sound, melody and musical ambiance) and not through traditional means of textbook or sermon. This also insinuates that music can be an equal, albeit entirely different, player in the theological dialogue.

Cette thèse montre que, dans les Sermones in Matthaeum, les interprétations scripturaires développées par Augustin d’Hippone ont fait l’objet d’un choix, que justifie une adaptation pastorale au double contexte historique et liturgique de la prédication. Établi à partir du classement thématique des Mauristes, le « corpus » regroupe des sermons prêchés en différents lieux, entre 393 et 430 ; il se prête donc à une évaluation de ces adaptations.Le chapitre 1 propose une synthèse critique des données contextuelles (historiques, géographiques, sociologiques et liturgiques) concernant ces sermons, comme autant de pierres d’attente à d’éventuelles adaptations ; le chapitre 2 montre que leur texte biblique, souvent vieux latin, a parfois un substrat africain. Les chapitres 3 à 6 analysent l’exégèse d’une vingtaine de sermons choisis pour leur dimension réflexive afin de questionner, de manière inductive, les motifs des adaptations exégétiques. Les études comparent les interprétations du texte commenté à celles présentes dans les autres œuvres augustiniennes et dans la tradition patristique, et intègrent une approche rhétorique. Homilétique, cette exégèse se situe, comme les sermons qui la développent, à l’intersection entre Parole de Dieu (chapitres 3 et 4) et réponses des hommes (chapitres 5 et 6). Elle assume la situation historique dans laquelle elle est élaborée pour, en s’insérant dans la dynamique de la liturgie dont elle reçoit la matière du commentaire et la finalité qui l’oriente, faire en sorte que la res qu’elle transmet de façon quasi sacramentelle par les uerba du prédicateur, fructifie chez les auditeurs.Cette thèse comprend aussi une bibliographie et quatre annexes : un fichier signalétique sur les Sermones in Matthaeum et son résumé, les relevés des occurrences augustiniennes des citations étudiées et la liste des lectures liturgiques de l’Évangile de Matthieu. / This doctoral thesis shows that in Sermones in Matthaeum the biblical interpretations developed by Augustine of Hippo were selected in order to comply with a pastoral adaptation to the double historical and liturgical preaching context. Established on the basis of the Maurists’ thematic classification, the corpus contains sermons preached in different places between 393 and 430; it is therefore suitable for evaluating these adaptations. Chapter 1 gives a critical survey of the contextual data (historical, geographical, sociological and liturgical) concerning these sermons, to be taken as potential, adaptable building blocks; chapter 2 shows that the biblical text, often in Old Latin forms, has an African substrate. Chapter 3 to 6 analyse the exegesis of about twenty sermons selected for their reflexive dimension, in order to inductively question the reasons for the exegetical adaptations. The analyses compare the interpretations of the commented text with those present in other Augustinian works and in the Patristic tradition, and integrate a rhetorical approach. Like the sermons which develop it, this homiletic exegesis lies at the intersection of God’s Word (chapter 3 and 4) and men’s answers (chapter 5 and 6). It assumes the historic context in which it is developed and penetrates the dynamic of the liturgy from which it gets the subject of its comment and the aim of its orientation, so that the res which it conveys in a quasi sacramental way through the uerba of the preacher bears fruit within the listeners. This doctoral thesis also includes a bibliography and four annexes: an identification file about the Sermones in Matthaeum and its summary, a summary table of Augustinian occurrences to be found in the analysed quotations and the list of the liturgical readings from Matthew’s Gospel.

[pt] Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo demonstrar que o Apocalipse oferece aos seus leitores uma densa cristologia desde o início do livro e propõe a certeza da realidade transcendente através de um oráculo que evoca e celebra a vinda da supremacia divina a partir da experiência histórica e trans-histórica do próprio Cristo, a fim de proporcionar encorajamento e esperança às comunidades do cristianismo originário que atravessavam seus próprios desafios. / [en] This research aims to demonstrate that the Revelation offers its readers a dense Christology since the beginning of the book and offers the assurance of the transcendent reality through an oracle that evokes and celebrates the coming of the divine supremacy from the historical and trans-historical experience of Christ himself, in order to provide encouragement and hope to communities of Early Christianity who faced their own challenges.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciano dos Santos.pdf: 1159889 bytes, checksum: fb68a3bb20601f633debd31cdc4c675b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-15 / The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, by means of Documents 43 and 52, inspires the ecclesial communities and guides their celebrations. It encourages communities to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of Christ that involves their lives, to celebrate the Passover of Christ along with the congregation Passover, through the Sunday Celebration of God´s Word conducted by laypeople. However, it is often noticed that there is a separation among personal, social life and religion, affecting the way communities celebrate, where people's lives are not tied to the liturgy and the latter, in turn, is not tied to people´s lives The believer´s life and the history of the humanity are not understood as Passover connected to the Passover of Jesus. Therefore, by analyzing documents 43 and 52 of the Brazilian Bishops and some elements of the liturgical tradition, as well as in the Church General Magisterium about life in the celebration, the aim of this paper is to highlight elements that encourage the integration between life and liturgy, especially regarding the Sunday Celebration of God´s Word. Such search will also verify that the liturgy celebrates the Passover happening in people's lives and history without making use of its authenticity and that the Sunday Celebration of God‟s Word authenticity resides in celebrating life as a Paschal process, as a passage from death to life, thanks to the liberating intervention of God. This paper also intends to state that the relation between liturgy and life helps the People of God, who participate in the celebrations, to existentially penetrate in the Mystery, manifesting it later on in their own lives‟ conducts / The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, by means of Documents 43 and 52, inspires the ecclesial communities and guides their celebrations. It encourages communities to celebrate the Paschal Mystery of Christ that involves their lives, to celebrate the Passover of Christ along with the congregation Passover, through the Sunday Celebration of God´s Word conducted by laypeople. However, it is often noticed that there is a separation among personal, social life and religion, affecting the way communities celebrate, where people's lives are not tied to the liturgy and the latter, in turn, is not tied to people´s lives The believer´s life and the history of the humanity are not understood as Passover connected to the Passover of Jesus. Therefore, by analyzing documents 43 and 52 of the Brazilian Bishops and some elements of the liturgical tradition, as well as in the Church General Magisterium about life in the celebration, the aim of this paper is to highlight elements that encourage the integration between life and liturgy, especially regarding the Sunday Celebration of God´s Word. Such search will also verify that the liturgy celebrates the Passover happening in people's lives and history without making use of its authenticity and that the Sunday Celebration of God‟s Word authenticity resides in celebrating life as a Paschal process, as a passage from death to life, thanks to the liberating intervention of God. This paper also intends to state that the relation between liturgy and life helps the People of God, who participate in the celebrations, to existentially penetrate in the Mystery, manifesting it later on in their own lives‟ conducts / A Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil, por meio dos Documentos 43 e 52, anima as comunidades eclesiais e orienta suas celebrações. Incentiva as comunidades a celebrar o Mistério Pascal de Cristo que envolve as suas vidas, a celebrar a Páscoa dos fiéis na Páscoa de Cristo, através da Celebração Dominical da Palavra de Deus presidida por leigos e leigas. Porém, nota-se com frequência que há uma separação entre a vida pessoal, social e a religião, afetando o modo de celebrar de nossas comunidades, onde a vida das pessoas não incide na liturgia e esta, por sua vez, não incide na vida das pessoas. A vida do fiel e a história da humanidade não são compreendidos como Páscoa na Páscoa de Jesus. Por isso, ao analisar os Documentos 43 e 52 da CNBB e alguns elementos da tradição litúrgica e do magistério geral da Igreja sobre a vida na celebração, pretende-se destacar elementos que incentivem a integração entre vida e liturgia, especialmente no que diz respeito à Celebração Dominical da Palavra de Deus. Buscar-se-á, também, verificar que a liturgia celebra a Páscoa acontecendo na vida das pessoas e na história sem que seja instrumentalizada em sua autenticidade e que a própria autenticidade da Celebração Dominical da Palavra de Deus está em celebrar a vida como um processo pascal, como uma passagem da morte para vida, graças à libertadora intervenção de Deus. Deseja-se, ainda, apresentar que a relação entre liturgia e vida auxilia o povo de Deus, que participa das celebrações, a penetrar existencialmente no Mistério, manifestando-o depois na própria conduta de vida

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T14:27:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Genival Lima da Silva.pdf: 634648 bytes, checksum: 524a223964e37dd5f386e4077058d9d5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-08-18 / "Relations between Liturgy and Popular Piety are old. Therefore, we must first and foremost arecognition although fast, of how such relationships were experienced over the centuries. There willcome, in many cases, inspiration and suggestions to address the issues raised in our time "(DPPL p. 31). From this finding is that we had the initiative for the preparation of this work on Liturgy and PopularPiety establishing the relationship between liturgy and the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help inTocantinópolis Diocese. So remember that, "During the rite does not create social positions or leadingroles. When all play their roles with humility and competence, then the liturgy will be a true meeting ofsalvation "(Costa, Valeriano dos Santos theological notions of liturgy St. Paul: Editora Ave Maria, 2012, p.7).      This dissertation aims to deepen on this issue and suggest avenues for a balance in the novenacelebrations and mass, through theological research and experiences with the Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Tocantinópolis Diocese. It is certainly an experience that happens in other regions of Brazil and other countries, but particularly want to develop this work in Tocantinópolis Diocese.      The theoretical framework will help us in the proposed work by questioning: lack of depth and balance in the liturgical celebrations and the novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help in some ordainedministers and lay in Tocantinópolis Diocese, as well as the progress in historical knowledge andtheological the two realities: Liturgy and Popular Piety, closely linked and different at the same time andthat have aroused interest by a number of scholars of liturgical theology, researchers of folk expressionsof popular piety, liturgists, anthropologists and also lay leaders who are engaged in liturgical celebrations and other pastoral activities in the Church. To illustrate this theoretical framework, we willhave as main base, the Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy with the help of course of severalresearchers of liturgical science and popular piety. Finally, we present perspectives for liturgical ministryin the Diocese of Tocantinópolis / As relações entre Liturgia e Piedade Popular são antigas. Portanto, é preciso antes de tudo um reconhecimento embora rápido, do modo como tais relações foram vivenciadas ao longo dos séculos. Daí provirão, em muitos casos, inspiração e sugestões para responder as questões suscitadas em nosso tempo (DPPL p. 31). A partir desta constatação é que tivemos a iniciativa para a elaboração desta dissertação sobre Liturgia e Piedade Popular estabelecendo a relação entre Liturgia e a Novena a Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro na Diocese de Tocantinópolis. Por isso, vale lembrar que, Durante o rito não se criam posições sociais nem papéis de destaque. Quando todos desempenham suas funções com humildade e competência, então a liturgia será um verdadeiro encontro de salvação (Costa, Valeriano dos Santos. Noções teológicas de liturgia. São Paulo: Editora Ave Maria, 2012, p.7). A presente dissertação objetiva aprofundar sobre este tema e sugerir pistas para um equilíbrio nas celebrações de novena e a missa, por meio de pesquisas teológicas e das experiências com a Novena a Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro na Diocese de Tocantinópolis. Certamente é uma experiência que acontece em outras regiões do Brasil e de outros países, mas, particularmente queremos desenvolver este trabalho na Diocese de Tocantinópolis. O referencial teórico nos ajudará na proposta de trabalhar mediante a problematização: falta de aprofundamento e equilíbrio nas celebrações litúrgicas e a novena a Nossa Senhora do Perpétuo Socorro em alguns ministros ordenados e leigos na Diocese de Tocantinópolis, como também o avanço no conhecimento histórico e teológico das duas realidades: Liturgia e Piedade Popular, intimamente ligadas e distintas ao mesmo tempo, e que têm despertado interesses por parte de um considerável número de estudiosos da teologia litúrgica, pesquisadores das expressões folclóricas, da piedade popular, liturgistas, antropólogos e também lideranças leigas que estão engajadas nas celebrações litúrgicas e outras atividades pastorais na Igreja. Para ilustrar este referencial teórico, teremos como base principal, o Diretório sobre Piedade Popular e Liturgia com a colaboração, claro, de vários pesquisadores da ciência litúrgica e a piedade popular. Por fim, apresentaremos perspectivas para a pastoral litúrgica na Diocese de Tocantinópolis

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Trying to confirm this hypothesis, Creoleness (or Creolization) theory, composed on Caribbean America, is used to enlighten the object (which is the Litugical Animator in charge of it s functions), expanding the creolization question far beyond from mere literary theory, reaching the ritual language level. The cited theory breaks with the illusions of purity when proposes a Latin American notion not as a chunking between cultural and ritual identities, but as a meeting of these formed from loans constituted over the centuries of coexistence between cultures on the cited subcontinent. This work is justified on the necessity of the Church s academic and pastoral environments to enplane what is Brazilian culture in a more valid manner, not resorting generalizing subterfuges, that have been producing a image and self-image of Brazilian church and culture as a relatively sealed values overlapping. The text was build from a deliberated option in favour of comparison between texts about Brazilian culture and the ones about cultural adaptation on Brazil, establishing similarities and disparities between both. On a second overview, there is a comparison between these and the directives on magisterial documents concerning adaptation. These texts, we suppose, guide the liturgical practice in Brazil, and at last overcomes a comparison between the proposed and delimited on the same texts and the practised by Comentator on concrete reality, using Renovação Carismática Católica as a model. Results suggest that the Comentator is correspondent to the cultural between existing between the winners rite (the white Christians) and the rites from the subdued peoples (the interbred mass), being the manifestation prime location of creoleness on Brazilian Catholic celebrations. Nevertheless, further research over the theme is necessary in order to confirm or refute this hypothesis. / Esta dissertação de Mestrado tem como objetivo investigar os mecanismos de adaptação litúrgica presentes na Igreja Católica Apostólica Romana no Brasil utilizando-se de uma investigação pontual do desempenho da função litúrgica de Comentarista (ou Animador) Litúrgico na localidade de Juiz de Fora MG, dentro do contexto eclesial da Renovação Carismática Católica. Parte-se da hipótese de que o desenrolar histórico da constituição do Brasil como estado possibilitou o aparecimento de uma expressão cultural comum ao país em questão e ao subcontinente cultural no qual se insere, que é a América Latina e Caribenha. Para a confirmação da hipótese, lança-se mão da teoria de Crioulização, oriunda da América caribenha para lançar luz sobre o objeto pesquisado (que é o Animador Litúrgico no desempenho de suas funções), ampliando a questão da crioulização para além da mera teoria literária, alcançando o nível de linguagem ritual. Rompe a citada teoria com as ilusões de pureza ao propor uma noção de latinoamericano não como confronto entre identidades culturais e rituais, mas como encontro das mesmas em uma identidade formada de empréstimos constituídos ao longo dos séculos de convivência entre as culturas no subcontinente em questão. Justifica-se o presente trabalho na necessidade dos ambientes acadêmicos e pastorais da citada Igreja em estabelecer o que seja a cultura brasileira de uma maneira plenamente válida, sem mais lançar mão de subterfúgios generalizantes, que têm produzido uma imagem e auto-imagem da igreja e da cultura brasileira como sobreposição de valores relativamente estanques. O texto foi construído a partir da escolha deliberada da comparação entre os textos sobre cultura brasileira e os sobre adaptação cultural no Brasil, estabelecendo as similaridades e disparidades entre os mesmos. Num segundo momento, há uma comparação entre estes conteúdos e as diretrizes presentes nos documentos magisteriais, que supostamente norteiam o desenrolas da prática litúrgica no Brasil, e por fim a comparação entre o proposto e delimitado nos mesmos textos e o praticado pelo Comentarista na realidade concreta, utilizando a Renovação Carismática Católica como modelo para tal. Os resultados sugerem que o comentarista corresponda ao entrelugar cultural entre o rito dos vencedores (os cristãos brancos) e os ritos dos povos vencidos (a massa miscigenada), sendo o lugar da primazia da manifestação da crioulização nas celebrações católicas no Brasil, certamente são necessários estudos posteriores para confirmar ou refutar esta mesma hipótese.