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 2. The Account of the Institution of the Eucharist 3. Doxologies , Blessings , and Hymns of the New Testament vii 1 21 27 4. The Didache 71 5. Clement of Rome , The Letter to the Corinthians 79 6. The Witness of Saint Justin 87 7 ...
... 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.
... prayer and liturgy , with the purpose of gaining a better knowledge of the origins of Christian prayer and liturgy , we have had to hold ourselves in check while choosing texts . Moreover , we have had to provide a framework for the ...
... prayers for the presentation of the bread and wine ; The Birkat ha - mazon , a blessing recited after meals ; The Shemone Esre , or " Eighteen Blessings , " in the Palestinian and Babylo- nian recensions ; The Birkat Yotser of the prayer ...
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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 |