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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... praise and the intentions being prayed for , especially on the feasts of Purim and Hanukkah.9 While the Birkat ha - tob may date from the time of the rebellion of Bar- Kochba ( † ca. 135 ) , the first three blessings seem to be very old ...
... praise and thanksgiving . 18 From this the Christian liturgy learned never to separate petition from praise . We see this union in the anaphoras when the liturgy integrates prayers of petition into these . These prayers of petition can ...
... praise you : Blessed be you , Lord , who give peace ! B. Babylonian Recension 21 Lord , open my lips , and my mouth shall declare your praise ! ( Ps . 51:15 ) 1. Abhoth . You are blessed , Lord our God and God of our fathers , God of ...
... praise because of our lives which we have placed in your hands , because of our souls which you preserve . You are good , for your mercies do not fade . You take pity on us , for your kindnesses do not cease . For ages we have put our ...
... praise and blessings . Thus the two blessings Birkat Yotser and Birkat Ahabah Rabbah form a kind of doorway of praise that leads the Jewish soul to its profession of faith , while a third blessing , the Birkat Emet - we - yatsib ...
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 |