Sinful Asyndeton?

Syntax characterized by the absence of explicit conjunctions (asyndeton) has favor in contemporary English-language liturgical texts, including the supplemental liturgical materials published as Enriching Our Worship for the Episcopal Church. Following Catherine Pickstock, this essay demonstrates asyndetic syntax in Eucharistic Prayer 2 of this volume and argues that the authors have incorporated contemporary linguistic and epistemological structures into it. By not taking into account the cultural assumptions lying implicit within such texts, liturgical reformers may have engaged in a sinister act.