Title: The Byzantine liturgy : symbolic structure and faith expression /
Authors: Schulz, Hans-Joachim, 1932-
Publisher: Pueblo Pub. Co.,
Year: 1986
Subjects: Orthodox Eastern Church Liturgy.; Catholic Church Byzantine rite Liturgy.; Orthodox Eastern Church Doctrines History.; Catholic Church Doctrines History.; Catholic Church Byzantine rite Liturgy.; Lord's Supper (Liturgy) History; Lord's Supper Orthodox Eastern Church History.; Lord's Supper Catholic Church History.; Byzantine Empire Church history.
Contents: Part 1. The Byzantine liturgy: the development of its symbolic form. 1. The contribution of the fathers to the development of the Byzantine liturgy. -- 2. The liturgy of Constantinople in the age of the Monophysite controversy. -- 3. The liturgy of the Justinian age and its interpretation by Maximus the Confessor. -- 4. Liturgy and image in the age of Iconoclasm. -- 5. The complete liturgical depiction of the mystery of Christ in the age of the Comneni. -- 6. Liturgical standardization and reflection in the age of the Paleogues. -- Part 2. New contributions. 1. The Byzantine rite and its development into the rite of the entire Orthodox world. -- 2. The Byzantine Anaphora as development of the early Christian Eucharistic prayer. -- 3. The entrance of the bishop and its liturgical form. -- 4. The great entrance: the transfer of gifts and its relation to the offering of the faithful and the offertory procession. -- 5. The first Byzantine explanation of the liturgy: a synthesis of dogmatic, liturgical, and mystical tradition. -- 6. Development of the liturgy to its complete form after the age of Iconoclasm.