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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... Church , heir to Christ , " fulfills " the prayer of the synagogue . To be ac- quainted with Jewish prayer is to have a better understanding of Christian prayer . -The account of the institution of the Lord's Supper according to the ...
... Church , like a priceless perfume that has been kept in a superb vessel , constantly rejuvenates , and communicates its own youthfulness to , the vessel that contains it . " 6 4. CCL , Excerptum 175 ( Steenbrugge , 1958 ) . See also H ...
... Church learned how to read the word of God , compose its Gospel , and discover the words for its own prayer.1 The Jewish liturgy is to the Christian liturgy what the flower is to the fruit , the promise to the fulfillment . Just as the ...
... Church , whence it came into general Church use " ( p . 231 ) . 2 The Account of the Institution of the Eucharist THE The Sources of Jewish Prayer 19.
... Church of Antioch . Its Greek is of a better quality ; but then Antiochene circles would quickly realize the necessity of an authentically Greek text for their liturgical celebrations . Each tradition contains elements that bring it ...
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 |