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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... prayer of the Church , heir to Christ , " fulfills " the prayer of the synagogue . To be ac- quainted with Jewish prayer is to have a better understanding of Christian prayer . -The account of the institution of the Lord's Supper ...
Liturgical Texts of the First Four Centuries Lucien Deiss. 1 The Sources of Jewish Prayer THE SOURCES OF JEWISH PRAYER At the source of the The Sources of Jewish Prayer.
... prayers bears witness to how rich the Jewish soil was in which the infant Christian liturgy sank its roots . In making our modern pilgrimage back to the sources of Jewish prayer and liturgy , with the purpose of gaining a better ...
... prayed for , especially on the feasts of Purim and Hanukkah.9 While the Birkat ha - tob may date from the time of ... prayer - seems to have been the basis on which the Christian anaphoras were developed . 10 This is especially the case ...
... Prayer , " because they were regarded as being the prayer par excellence . They comprise three introductory blessings , which are followed by twelve prayers of petition ( these also end with blessings ) , and three final blessings . 14 ...
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 |