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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... gave these texts the fullness of meaning that the Christian liturgy today sees in them . Across the gulf of the centuries , we continue the reading of them that was begun by Jesus , for , as Paul said , " we have the mind of Christ ...
... gave it to them , and said , " Take ; this is my body . " 23 And he took a cup , and when he had given thanks , he gave it to them , and they all drank of it . 24 And he said to them , " This is my blood of the covenant , which is ...
... gave it to them , saying , " This is my body which is given for you . Do this in remembrance of me . " 20 And likewise the cup 1 Corinthians 11 : 23-26 23 The Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread , 24 and when he had ...
... gave power to become children of God , to those who believe in his name , who are born not of flesh or of blood , or from a carnal will , but who are born of God . And the Word became flesh , and he pitched his tent among us . And we ...
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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 |