TY - BOOK AU - Pallikunnel, Geo AU - Pallikunnel,Geo TI - Elevation to the Divine State Through Holy Qurbana SN - 9789384964634 U1 - F31 PY - 2016/// CY - Bangalore PB - Dharmaram Publications N1 - includes index and biblioraphy; 1. Elevation to the divine state in the East syriac tradition.7 The vision and experience of the divine in different religious traditions..........8 Biblical Vision of the Divine..........11 Creation and fall ...........26 New creation in Christ ...43 The mystery of the church and the elevation to the Divine State........67 2. Liturgical Community and space - time-Orientation: Human being and cosmos integrated In Christ ............75 Integration into christ through the divine liturgy....76 Integration of space and time in the liturgy...87 3. Participation in God`s Light and glory through the celebration of the Liturgy of the word....127 Liturgical Exposition .......128 Heavenly and earthly liturgy in Focus.........141 Divine Descent of the word in the holy Qurbana ...147 Life, light` and glory......154 4. Qurbana and quddasa: Human Ascent and divine Descent .............163 Exposition of the Preparation rites and the Quddasa.......164 Exposition of the preparation rites and the Quddasa.....164 Preparation for the Offering : A movement towards the Holy...........182 Remembering the holiness of God in the Anaphora...184 Anaphora as Qurana............186 Anaphora as Quddasa.........198 5. Communion in Christ and elevation to the Divine State ....211 Liturgical Exposition.........211 Repentance, Reconciliation and peace towards the Elevation to the divine State.........224 Holy people towards Holiness: Movement towards divinity...........230 Holy Communion: Participation in the Divine life...........232 Communion in the holy spirit...........249 Tranformation and elevation ...................251 i ER -