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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... Lord's Supper according to the synoptic tradition and the First Letter to the Corinthians . This account , as everyone knows , is at the heart of every Eucharistic celebration . - The doxologies , blessings , and hymns of the New ...
... Lord said : " You shall be my own possession among all peoples " ( Ex . 19 : 5 ) . Such prayer has no need of pseudo ... Lord's Supper : The Eucharist of Christians , tr . E. Bonin ( New York , 1975 ) , pp . 18-19 , 42-43 . 3. On the ...
... Lord your God with all your heart , " but it endeavors to love God as no one had previously been able to do , that is , to love him with the very heart of Jesus himself . And when it recites the Eighteen Blessings , it continues to ask ...
... Lord our God , King of the universe . You have sanctified us by your commandments , you have given us as an inheritance the Sabbath of your holiness , out of love and good will , as a memorial of the works of your creation ( Lev . 23 ...
... Lord , you who nourish the universe . We will give you thanks , Lord our God , 8. An " embolism " ( Greek : embolismos , " something inserted " ) is a prayer that has been inserted within the original text . 9. The feast of Purim , or ...
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 |