A History of the Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Volume V: The Precommunion Rites

by Robert F. Taft

Employing the methods of Comparative Liturgy, Taft locates his study of the Byzantine tradition within the broader context of liturgical history. The analysis of each liturgical component of the Byzantine precommunion and the respective accompanying formulas is accompanied at each step by an analysis of the pre-Byzantine evidence in the patristic and historical sources, and of later developments in the context of the relevant traditions. Consequently...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8872103266
• ISBN13: 9788872103265
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Pontifical Oriental Institute
• Length: 573 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.