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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... truth , " could give to the invocation " Father . " Similarly , when the liturgy recites the words of the Shema Israel , it repeats the ancient words of Deuteronomy : " You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart , " but it ...
... truth . Blessed be you , Lord ; your name is good , and it is right to give you thanks . 19. Shalom . Give peace , happiness , blessing , compassion , mercy to us and to your people . Bless us all , our Father , with the light of your ...
... truth for a lie , and they adored and served the creature in preference to the creator — he is blessed forever ! 3 Other blessings are developed into full - blown hymns , such as the magnificent six - part blessing that opens the ...
... truth , the good news of your salvation . It is in him too that you have believed , that you have been marked with the seal of the Spirit of the promise , the Holy Spirit , pledge of our inheritance , who prepares the redemption of the ...
... truth ( B ' ) , and the Word in the bosom of the Father ( A ' ) . John emphasizes the importance of the gift of divine adoption by placing it at the very center of the Prologue . his name was John . He came as a witness Doxologies ...
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 |