Böcker i Kiraz Liturgical Studies-serien

Liturgy is a subject which very quickly throws up a barrage of unfamiliar words to defeat the student, the lay enquirer-and even a good many clergy. The basis of this glossary was a simple word list compiled for students in the Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges, but it has been expanded and rewritten by students at Ridley Hall.

This volume, written by a Jesuit, discusses the history and use of liturgical garments.

This booklet considers the implications of cremation, both theological and pastoral aspects. Clerical and lay points of view are presented.

A set of essays exploring the concept of inculturation in the liturgy within the wide net of the Anglican world. Consideration of African and Asian liturgies are especially prominent.

An investigation of sixteenth-century Reformed views on the Lord's Supper from two of the leaders of that tradition. The impasse and resolution between John Calvin and Zwingli's successor Heinrich Bullinger provide the background for this discussion.

This concise study considers the Anaphoras of the Apostles and the Liturgy of John Chrysostom. Also included is the relationship between these pieces and the Anaphora of the Apostolic Constitutions book viii.

Papers delivered at the Conference of the Society for Liturgical Study 1988 by David M Thompson, Colin Buchanan, Christopher J Walsh and Peter W Ball.

This brief study investigates the liturgy of Jerusalem, a church which had a far-reaching and permanent effect on the rest of Christianity; initiation, the Eucharist, the Daily Office and the liturgical year are considered.

Paul Bradshaw, Maxwell Johnson, and Ruth Meyers write on baptismal practice in the Alexandrian tradition, reconciling Cyril and Egeria on the catechetical process, and the structure of the Syrian baptismal rite.

An introduction to the issues surrounding inculturation, with particular reference to the Eucharist in the African context. Discussion is held of a variety of denominations and the text of the Eucharistic prayer for the new Kenyan service is included.

A series of essays exploring the sacerdotal role of the bishop in the Anglican church. Both historical and contemporary perspectives on the bishop's liturgical role are presented.

Papers read at the Anglican Liturgical Consultation Brixen, North Italy, 24-25 August 1987.

This study presents the Anglican ordination rites from the 1970s and 1980s, analyzing and comparing their respective contents and character.

Liturgical allegory has often flourished in the history of Christianity, despite persistent pruning by sceptical theologians through the ages. The full fruits of this growth ripened during the Middle Ages, as preserved in the pages of Latin and Byzantine liturgical commentaries.

The origins, methodologies, and uses of the Anaphoras of Sts. Basil and James are explored, along with examples.

The liturgies of the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church and the Lusitanian Church are presented here and introduced by a bishop of the Anglican communion.

Homilies in strophic form, the popular poetry of the fifth-century qole, antiphonal psalms, anthems, melismatic hymns or litanies, and melodies from Mosul are just part of the service music and hymnody discussed in the introduction and presented with their melodies in Syriac.

This volume includes an introduction, translation, commentary, and notes.

An intellectual exploration of language and liturgy and how both of them participate in the articulation of meaning.

This Liturgical Study is dedicated to the memory of Michael Vasey, liturgy tutor at St John's College, Durham (1975-1998), and a member of the Church of England's Liturgical Commission (1985-1998), who died in June 1998.

The fifth or sixth century document known as the 'Canons of Hippolytus' is a set of thirty-eight canons with a concluding sermon. They are presented here translated into English with an introduction.

An examination of the centres, patterns and elements of Jewish worship and the transition from Jewish worship to Christian. The study also considers the origin of several aspects of Christian worship.

This is a new edition of Warren's classic study on the Liturgy and Ritual of the Celtic Church. In addition two other important editions of early Irish liturgical books are reproduced in this volume: Bartholemew MacCarthy's edition of The Stowe Missal and Whitley Stokes edition of an old Irish Tractate on the Consecration of a Church.

This is a brilliant addition to the comprehensive range of patristic liturgical materials offered by this Series.

This booklet explores the Christianity of the days before it became an official religion of the Roman Empire. It considers the impact of various areas of church life in this initial state.

A text for students, with translation, introduction and annotations.

This collection of eighteen Syriac Orthodox Anaphoras is an important source for scholars and clergy. Produced in Kerala by Abraham Konat, the son of the known scholar Matthew Konat, it is still used in the liturgical practices of the Syriac church.

History of the Syriac-speaking churches, with comparative liturgies, and the Peshitta of the Gospels, translated into English.

Published two years apart, the work of musicologist Heinrich Husmann on the music of the Syriac Orthodox Church remains a unique contribution to the liturgical study of that tradition. The first volume of this set is a study of the melodies of the weekly breviaries, arranged by the canonical hours of the days of the week.

After providing a history of the "St. Thomas Christians," the Orthodox Christians of India, up until the mid-nineteenth century, Howard presents English translations of six different anaphorae in use in Christendom: namely, those of St. James, St. Peter, The Twelve Apostles, Mar Dionysius Barsalibi, Mar Xystus, and Mar Evannis.