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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... beginnings to the fourth - fifth century . The following are the main sources which we now have at our disposal for ... beginning of the third century . 1. Adversus Haereses IV , 2 , 3. See also A. Rousseau et al . , Irénée de Lyon ...
... beginning of the third century . - The Euchology of Serapion , bishop of Thmuis in Egypt , written about 350 . Beginning in the fourth century , the witnesses become more abundant but are of unequal value . We may divide them into two ...
... beginning of each Sabbath and feast day , at the moment when the first stars appear and the Sabbath lamp has been lit. It separates profane time from time more specially consecrated to God . The prayer comprises a blessing over the wine ...
... beginning of the " Hymn of Jubilation " ( Mt. 11 : 25-27 ; Lk . 10 : 21-22 ) and the title " God of Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob " ( Mt. 22:32 ; Mk . 12:26 ; Lk . 20:37 ) are bor- rowed from the first blessing . 17 What influence did the ...
... beginning of the Shema Israel ( Mk . 12:29 ) . The Shema was originally not a prayer but a profession of faith . Nonetheless , it later became , according to D. W. Staerk , " the principal prayer of Judaism . " 25 And in fact the ...
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 |