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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... give rise . These discussions are often interesting and at times absolutely necessary . They are the means by which we obtain light ; they help us to achieve a better understanding of the sources . Here , however , we prefer to leave ...
... give them consists in respecting fully the letter of them . For this Jewish letter is of royal dignity , inasmuch as it reflects the prayer of the people whom God loved more than any other in the world , the people of whom the Lord said ...
... give here two versions of the Birkat ha - mazon . The first represents L. Finkelstein's attempt to reconstruct the primitive text.11 The second is the liturgi- cal version as given in the Siddur Rav Saadja ( tenth century ) , 12 Birkat ...
... give you thanks , Lord our God , for you have given us for our inheritance a desirable land , good and widespread , the covenant and the law , life and food . For all these ( blessings ) we give you thanks and we bless your name ...
... give life to the dead ; you bring back the wind , you pour down the dew ; you feed the living , you give life to the dead ; in the twinkling of an eye you make salvation send forth its shoots . Blessed be you , Lord , who give life to ...
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 |