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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... bread and wine ; The Birkat ha - mazon , a blessing recited after meals ; The Shemone Esre , or " Eighteen Blessings , " in the Palestinian and Babylo- nian recensions ; The Birkat Yotser of the prayer Shema Israel ; The Kaddish , which ...
... bread . These blessings are said at table by the father of the family , with his family and guests around him . As we know , the blessings over the bread and wine have been taken over in the ritual of the Roman Mass for the presentation ...
... BREAD The father of the family lays his hands on the bread , then raises it while saying : You are blessed , Lord our God , King of the universe , you who have brought bread forth from the earth . He then breaks the bread and ...
... bread ; and forgive us our debts , as we also have forgiven our debtors ; and lead us not into temptation , but deliver us from evil . hallowed be thy name . Thy kingdom come . Give us each day our daily bread ; and forgive us our sins ...
... bread . . . . " In the narrative of the passion , into which the text of the institution is inserted , the mention of the meal is quite unnecessary , since it merely repeats Mt. 26:21 and Mk . 14:18 . On the contrary , it is wholly in ...
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 |