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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... 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 Testament . The ...
... according to the forthright statement in Scripture , was born " of the seed of David according to the flesh " ( Rom . 1 : 3 ; cf. 2 Tim . 2 : 8 ) , so too the liturgy that celebrates the Messiah , the Son of David , borrowed its prayers ...
... according to the flesh , is the Christ " ( Rom . 9 : 4-5 ) . It is true , nonetheless , that when the Christian liturgy read these texts , it filled them with newness . But the newness is to be found not in the letter but in the ...
... According to the school of Hillel , the blessing of the wine precedes the blessing of the day ; according to the school of Shammai , it follows it . See Tractate Berakoth , in H. Danby , The Mishnah ( Oxford , 1933 ) , p . 8 . 7. See ...
... According to the Siddur Rav Saadja ) You are blessed , Lord our God , King of the universe , you who nourish us and ( nourish ) the entire world with goodness , grace , tender love , and mercy . You are blessed , O Lord , you who ...
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 |