Springtime of the Liturgy: Liturgical Texts of the First Four CenturiesLucien Deiss Liturgical Press, 1979 - 307 pages (Re-released as part of the Classics in Liturgy series) Originally published as Early Sources of the Liturgy, this book presents the principal texts of the Christian liturgy from its beginnings to the fifth century. Included among the main sources treated are liturgical texts of the Jewish tradition; doxologies, hymns, and blessings of the New Testament; the Didache; the Letter to the Corinthians of Clement of Rome; the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus of Rome; the Anaphora of Addai and Mari; the Didascalia of the Apostles; the Euchology of Serapion. Later witnesses include the Strasbourg Papyrus; the Apostolic Constitutions; the Euchology of Der Balyzeh; the Catechesis of Cyril of Jerusalem. |
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... ( Acts 18 : 1-18 ) . The text relating to the Eucharist dates , therefore , from the very first years of Christianity . This is the text that the primitive community used for its celebrations and that would be taken over by all the ...
... act of thanksgiving and supreme memorial of God's saving actions.6 2. On the Shemone Esre , see Chapter 1 , above . 3. Rom . 1 : 24-25 . See also Rom . 9 : 5 ; 2 Cor . 11:31 . 4. Eph . 1 : 3-14 ; this will be cited further on . 5. 1 Tim ...
... Acts of the Apostles ( 2 : 14-29 ; 3 : 12-26 ; 4 : 9-12 ; 5 : 29-32 ; 10 : 34-43 ) . 27. As part of an exhortation , Paul here cites an early hymn with which the Philippians were probably already familiar . Its vocabulary is archaic ...
... ( Acts 19:28 , 34 ) . 32. This hymn is inspired by the fourth Servant Song of Isaiah ( ch . 53 , especially vv . 4-5 , 9 , 11-12 ) and sees in Jesus the model of the believer who is unjustly persecuted ; see M.-E. Boismard , Quatre hymnes ...
... 1949 ) , pp . 62-84 ; Boismard , Quatre hymnes baptismales ... 42. In Acts 22:16 , Ananias says to Saul : " Be baptized , and wash away your sins , calling on his name . " in order to obtain justification , and we profess " 46.
Contents
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The Didache | 71 |
Clement of Rome The Letter to the Corinthians | 79 |
The Witness of Saint Justin | 87 |
The Homily on the Pasch of Melito of Sardis | 95 |
Clement of Alexandria | 111 |
The Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus of Rome | 121 |
The Euchology of Serapion of Thmuis | 181 |
The Strasbourg Papyrus | 209 |
The Apostolic Constitutions | 213 |
The Euchology of Der Balyzeh | 241 |
Klasmata or Various Fragments | 249 |
The Catecheses of Cyril of Jerusalem | 267 |
Glossary | 291 |
Table of Sources | 297 |