The Liturgical Portions of the Apostolic Constitutions 9781463219468

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The Liturgical Portions of the Apostolic Constitutions

Gorgias Liturgical Studies

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This series is intended to provide a venue for studies about liturgies as well as books containing various liturgies. Making liturgical studies available to those who wish to learn more about their own worship and practice or about the traditions of other religious groups, this series includes works on service music, the daily offices, services for special occasions, and the sacraments.

The Liturgical Portions of the Apostolic Constitutions

Edited and Translated by

W. Jardine Grisbrooke

l gorgias press 2010

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ISBN 978-1-60724-368-7

ISSN 1937-3252

Published first in the U.K. by Grove Books, 1990.

Printed in the United States of America

The Liturgical Portions of the Apostolic Constitutions: A Text for Students translated, edited, annotated and introduced by W. Jardine Grisbrooke

CONTENTS CHAPTER

PAGE

Abbreviations

4

Introduction

5

Textual Introduction

9

Bibliography

11

Typical Syrian Church Plan

12

1. The Church Building and its Arrangements-. General Information on Worship

13

2. The Eucharist according to Books II and VII

IS

3. The Eucharistie Liturgy of Book VI11

20

4. The Liturgical Year

46

5. The Divine Office

52

6. Christian Initiation

62

7. Ordination and Ministry

71

8. Funerals and Prayers for the Departed

79

9. Prayers alleged to be Jewish

82

10. Miscellaneous Prayers

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Index of Passages

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My thanks are due to the late Dr. Geoffrey Cuming, who first suggested to me that I should undertake this study; to Professor Marcel Metzger, without whose recent definitive edition of the Apostolic Constitutions my task would have been vasdy more difficult; to Dr. Edward Yarnold, SJ, and to Mrs. Madeleine Westlake, each of whom saved me an inconvenient journey to a distant library; and to my wife Maureen, who counter-checked the typescript. W.j.G.

CONTENTS CHAPTER

PAGE

Abbreviations

4

Introduction

5

Textual Introduction

9

Bibliography

11

Typical Syrian Church Plan

12

1. The Church Building and its Arrangements-. General Information on Worship

13

2. The Eucharist according to Books II and VII

IS

3. The Eucharistie Liturgy of Book VI11

20

4. The Liturgical Year

46

5. The Divine Office

52

6. Christian Initiation

62

7. Ordination and Ministry

71

8. Funerals and Prayers for the Departed

79

9. Prayers alleged to be Jewish

82

10. Miscellaneous Prayers

.

Index of Passages

. 9 1 93

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS My thanks are due to the late Dr. Geoffrey Cuming, who first suggested to me that I should undertake this study; to Professor Marcel Metzger, without whose recent definitive edition of the Apostolic Constitutions my task would have been vasdy more difficult; to Dr. Edward Yarnold, SJ, and to Mrs. Madeleine Westlake, each of whom saved me an inconvenient journey to a distant library; and to my wife Maureen, who counter-checked the typescript. W.j.G.

ABBREVIATIONS AC ACA ANCL AT DA DE F UTS JTS LQF LXX M OCP PG

Apostolic Constitutions Apostolic Canons (AC VIII, 47, 1-85) Ante-Nicene Christian Library, vol. 17 (ii): see under Editions (p.10) Apostolic Tradition Didascalia Didacbe Fiensy, Prayers alleged to be Jewish: see under Bibliography (p.l 1) G. J. Cuming, Hippolytus: A Textfor Students, Grove Liturgical Studies 8, 1976 Journal of Theological Studies Liturgiewissenschaftlicbe Quellen und Forschungen The Septuagint (the Greek Old Testament) Metzger, Les Constitutions Apostoliques: see under Editions (p. 10) Orientalia Christiana Periodica Migne, Patrologia Graeca

A L C U I N / G R O W J O I N T LITURGICAL S T U D Y 1 3 - 1 4 - e r r a t a Front cover Page 8 Page 12 Page 19 Page 23 Page 30 Page 36 Page 39 Page 42 Page 43 Page 45 Page 51 Page 52 Page Page Page Page Page Page

56 57 70 72 82 86

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