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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... true , nonetheless , that when the Christian liturgy read these texts , it filled them with newness . But the newness is to be found not in the letter but in the realities to which it now refers : the coming of Christ Jesus among men ...
... true is this that the mind and heart of Israel 1. It is an accepted fact that in the language of the Bible , eulogein ( bless ) and euchari- stein ( give thanks ) are almost synonyms , and that the two often translate the same Hebrew or ...
... true light that enlightens every man , by coming into the world . He was in the world , and the world did not know him . He came to his own , and his own did not receive him . But to all who did receive him , he gave power to become ...
... true Light of the world ; his followers are " sons of light and sons of the day ” ( 1 Thess . 5 : 5 ) and stand in opposition to the angel of darkness . 62. The image is borrowed from Dt . 22:10 . 63. In Jewish literature , " Beliar ...
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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 |