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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... created by the Jewish Kaddish , but it gives them the depth of meaning that only the Son , " full of grace and truth , " could give to the invocation " Father . " Similarly , when the liturgy recites the words of the Shema Israel , it ...
... created the fruit of the vine . He then adds this blessing in order to sanctify the day of the Sabbath or the feast ... creation ( Lev . 23 : 3 ) . This day is the first of your holy convocations . It is the memorial of the exodus from ...
... creation and for the history of salvation ; memorial ; intercessory prayer - seems to have been the basis on which the Christian anaphoras were developed . 10 This is especially the case for the earliest anaphoras , such as the anaphora ...
... creation . This blessing was especially suitable when the Shema was used as a morning prayer . The praise then continues with a blessing of God who creates the world of the angels , and with the Sanctus , the acclamation of the seraphim ...
... created this good thing for the glory of his name . He set the stars in place in accordance with his power . The leaders of his armies are his holy ( angels ) . Ceaselessly they extol God , they proclaim the glory of the Almighty and ...
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 |