Liturgical Cosmology: The Theological and Sacramental Dimensions of Creation in the Ethiopian Liturgy
| Author | Mebratu Kiros Gebru |
|---|---|
| Published | 2012 |
| Format | Research paper |
TL;DR — A 2012 Toronto School of Theology PhD thesis building a theology of creation from the prayers and sacraments of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church.
A doctoral thesis submitted to Emmanuel College and the Toronto School of Theology, with the degree awarded by the University of St. Michael’s College in 2012. Working from the principle that a church’s worship grounds its beliefs, Gebru studies the biblical, apocryphal and liturgical texts of the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwaḥədo Church and the use of created matter in its rites.
He argues that both eucharistic and non-eucharistic services carry creation motifs: the Divine Liturgy (Qəddase) recalls creation as well as redemption, other sacramental rites point to the transfiguration of the cosmos, and the liturgical space itself is treated as a transformed world.
What it is: an academic doctoral thesis by an Ethiopian Orthodox priest-scholar. No open repository copy was verified.
Where this came from
- A copy saved in October 2026.
292 pages. A PDF copy is held in Kyle’s private archive; it is not linked or shared here.