Michael Kunzler was born at Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1951. Ordained for the diocese of Trier in 1980, he became Professor of Paderborn Theological Faculty in 1988, and he has been a Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome since 1999.

"[The author has] a thorough knowledge of the theology of the Eastern Church, which abounds all around us and extends and amends our one-sided Western perspective."--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

• 1. Catabasis: God's Descent to Man2. Anabasis: Man's Ascent to God3. The Celebration of the Eucharist4. The Sacramental Celebrations of the church5. The Hallowing of Time, 1: Liturgia Verbi--Liturgy of the Hours and Liturgy of the Word6. The Sanctification of Time, 2: Celebrating the Year of the Lord7. Appendices

Michael Kunzler was born at Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1951. Ordained for the diocese of Trier in 1980, he became Professor of Paderborn Theological Faculty in 1988, and he has been a Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome since 1999.

"[The author has] a thorough knowledge of the theology of the Eastern Church, which abounds all around us and extends and amends our one-sided Western perspective."--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

• 1. Catabasis: God's Descent to Man2. Anabasis: Man's Ascent to God3. The Celebration of the Eucharist4. The Sacramental Celebrations of the church5. The Hallowing of Time, 1: Liturgia Verbi--Liturgy of the Hours and Liturgy of the Word6. The Sanctification of Time, 2: Celebrating the Year of the Lord7. Appendices

Michael Kunzler was born at Saarbrücken, Germany, in 1951. Ordained for the diocese of Trier in 1980, he became Professor of Paderborn Theological Faculty in 1988, and he has been a Visiting Professor at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome since 1999.

"[The author has] a thorough knowledge of the theology of the Eastern Church, which abounds all around us and extends and amends our one-sided Western perspective."--Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

• 1. Catabasis: God's Descent to Man2. Anabasis: Man's Ascent to God3. The Celebration of the Eucharist4. The Sacramental Celebrations of the church5. The Hallowing of Time, 1: Liturgia Verbi--Liturgy of the Hours and Liturgy of the Word6. The Sanctification of Time, 2: Celebrating the Year of the Lord7. Appendices