Polazeći od poticaja Konstitucije o svetoj liturgiji Sacrosanctum Concilium Drugoga vatikanskog Sabora (SC 11), u radu nastoji- mo prikazati razvoj te značenja sadržaja pojma participatio, koji u suvremenim jezicima, pa tako i hrvatskom obično prevodimo kao sudjelovanje. Atributi ovome pojmu, koje donosi Konstitucija o svetoj liturgiji plodonosno i djelatno, možemo reći da su sažetak crkvene Tradicije, ali i želje da se slavlje bogoslužja i njegova aktu- alizacija u pastoralu i danas nadahnjuje na izvorima bogoslužja i crkvene tradicije. U radu smo pregledali značenje pojma partici- patio u isključivo kršćanskom kontekstu ili još preciznije u rimskoj liturgiji. Polazeći od korištenja pojma u Sv. pismu, te potom u otaca i liturgijskim izvorima te naposljetku dolazeći do Drugoga vatikan- skoga sabora u povijesnom pregledu prikazali smo značenje poj- ma i njegov sadržaj. U drugom dijelu gledamo aktualnu atribuciju pojma paritcipatio najviše temeljenu na liturgijskim i pastoralnim studijama, te na popularnim izdanjima, liturgijskim vodičima i(li) pomagalima koji vjernicima laicima pomažu što potpunije i djelat- nije sudjelovati na bogoslužju.Starting from the incentive of the Second Vatican Council
Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy Sacrosantum Concilium (SC
11), in this paper we are trying to present the development and meaning of the term participatio, which is translated in modern languages, and also in Croatian, as taking part/participation.
The attributes to this term: fruitful and active, as contained in the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, could be said to be the abstract of church Tradition, but also a wish that liturgical cele- bration and its actualization in pastoral were inspired today by the sources of liturgy and church tradition. In this work we reviewed the meaning of the term participatio in the exclusively Christian context or, more precisely, in Roman liturgy. In the historical review, we displayed the meaning of the term and its content starting from the use of the term in the Holy Scriptu- re, with Church Fathers, in liturgical sources and finally in the documents of the Second Vatican Council. In the second part of the work we are looking at the current attribution of the term participatio mostly based on liturgical and pastoral studies, popular publications, liturgical guides and/or aids that can help believers to fully and actively participate in liturgy