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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... things ? Who is like you " who give life and death " ( 1 Sam . 2 : 6 ) ? You make salvation send forth its shoots quickly ; you are faithful , who give life to the dead . Blessed be you , Lord , who give life to the dead ! 3. Qedushah ...
... thing for the glory of his name . He set the stars in place in accordance with his power . The leaders of his armies ... things , this master of battles . He sows justice , makes salvation bear fruit , creates healings . He is revered ...
... things are . To him the glory forever ! ( Rom . 11 : 33-36 ) 12. All three of the synoptic evangelists record the acclamation of the crowds as they welcome Jesus at his entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday . The basic text comes from Ps ...
... things he might have primacy . For in him God was pleased to make all fullness dwell , 28. This list corresponds to the cosmology of antiquity ; it emphasizes the universality of the sovereignty of the Lord Jesus . 29. " Jesus Christ is ...
... things come and for whom we were created . ( Rom . 10 : 9-10 ) And there is only one Lord , Jesus Christ , through whom all things exist and through whom we were created . ONE GOD AND FATHER Endeavor to preserve unity of spirit through ...
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 |