Pre-reformation Liturgies
The following entries provide the reader with an overview of the major liturgies and worship orders from the early church through the nineteenth century. Each entry has three distinctive features: Introduction, Text or Order or Worship, and Commentary. Each model is preceded by a brief introduction that puts the selection into its historical setting. For clarity, the text (or order of service) and the commentary are preceded by the words "Text" or "Commentary," respectively. The commentary provides insight into the worship and experience of the worshiping community. The material is arranged in a roughly chronological order so that the reader may gain a sense of the development of worship from the early church to the beginning of the twentieth century. Worship of the early church period followed the forms of worship that emerged in the New Testament period, namely that of Word and Table. In the first three centuries, worship was simple and plain in comparison to the elaborate ceremonial…
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Chapters & Articles in Pre-reformation Liturgies (9)
The Didache probably represents the type of small Christian group that met in the region of Syria, perhaps outside …
Justin Martyr was a Christian catechist living in Rome who was martyred, along with several of his students, in the…
The Apostolic Tradition, a church order which was compiled sometime in the third century and attributed to Hippolyt…
The Byzantine Liturgy is the product of a complex evolution that began before the time of Christ. Like its Western …
The Byzantine Liturgy is the product of a complex evolution that began before the time of Christ. Like its Western …
The Byzantine Liturgy is the product of a complex evolution that began before the time of Christ. Like its Western …
Although the Roman Mass, standardized by directives of the Council of Trent (1570), is technically a post-Reformati…
Although the Roman Mass, standardized by directives of the Council of Trent (1570), is technically a post-Reformati…
Although the Roman Mass, standardized by directives of the Council of Trent (1570), is technically a post-Reformati…