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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... singing : Holy , holy , holy , the Lord Sabaoth . The earth is full of his glory ! " ( Is . 6 : 3 ) . 21. Text according to the Seder Rav Amran ; Latin translation in Hänggi - Pahl , pp . 44-54 . 22. In this third blessing , the text ...
... singing of the Sanctus acclamation . 27 You are blessed , Lord our God , King of the universe , “ you who form the light and create the darkness " ( Is . 45 : 7 ) ; who shed the light of your mercy upon the earth and those who dwell on ...
... sing melodi- ously , they bless , they glorify , they magnify , they adore , they proclaim the holy king and the name of God . . . . They say with reverence : " Holy , holy , holy is the Lord Sabaoth ! The earth is full of his glory ...
... sing hymns to Christ as to a god . " 24 Most of these very early Christological hymns have doubtless left no trace in the New Testament writings . We may think of them as having taken the form of triumphant litanies celebrating the ...
... sing to God with all your heart . Col. 3:16 In one of his descriptions of life in the primitive community that are given in the Book of the Acts of the Apostles , Luke writes : " They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles ...
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 |