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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... Amen . You are blessed , Lord our God , King of the universe , God our Father , our King , our Creator , our Redeemer , good and beneficent King . Day after day you are solicitous to do good to us in many ways . It is you who give us ...
... Amen ! May the name of the Lord blessed be he ! be blessed , praised , glorified , extolled , exalted , honored , magnified , and hymned ! It is above and beyond any blessing , hymn , praise , consolation that men utter in this world ...
... Amen . 33 33. This doxology is not part of the primitive text of Matthew . It is , however , very old ( it is attested by the Didache ) , and it is certainly consonant with the biblical tradition ( see , for example , 1 Chr . 29 : 10-11 ) ...
... Amen ! " In so doing , man responds at the deepest level to his supernatural vocation . He becomes the living " praise of glory " ( cf. Eph . 1 : 6 , 12 ) that he has been predes- tined to be from all eternity , and he anticipates , in ...
... Amen . ( Rom . 16 : 25-27 ) TO THE GOD OF ALL CONSOLATION Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ , the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation . It is he who consoles us in all our afflictions , so that we ...
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 |