How Much Is Too Little? How Much Is Enough?

http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2007/05/17/how-much-is-too-little-how-much-is-enough/

[Glory to God for All Things] 22 May 2007--One of the most pervasive rules in Christian believing is the Latin phrase, “Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi,” usually rendered, “The Law of Praying is the Law of Believing.” It is a simple way of saying both that we believe what we pray (praying will inevitably bring about a conformity in believing), and that if something is to be preserved it must become part of the liturgical life. Time and history have largely born this out.

It has been a rule that concerns people who write or translate liturgies - and it has been a rule for those who helplessly watch as others write and translate liturgies. For it is simply the case, if the people do not pray it, in time they will cease to believe it.

A good article but I must point to the attention of the reader that it has been my experience that many Episcopalians are quite capable of praying what they do not believe and not believing what they do pray, thereby nullifying the principle of "lex orandi, lex credendi".