This classic work, previously edited by Ronald Jasper and Geoffrey Cuming, has been a staple source in teaching liturgy to generations of students in colleges, seminaries, and universities. It has now been comprehensively revised for future generations of liturgical scholars.Updates include:New introductions that take into account the substantial changes in recent scholarshipNew groupings of the various prayers into liturgical ';families' in order to make their relationships clearerPlus, new bibliographies

CONTENTS
 
Preface ix
A Glossary of Some Common Technical Terms xi
Abbreviations xiii
Acknowledgments xv
 
Part One
EARLY PRAYERS OF THE EUCHARIST
   Introduction: The Study of Early Liturgies 3
   1. Jewish Sources 7
   2. The New Testament 15
   3. Principal Ante-Nicene Sources 21
       A. Ignatius of Antioch 21
       B. Justin Martyr 23
       C. Irenaeus 27
       D. Tertullian 29
       E. Cyprian 31
       F. Apocryphal Acts of Apostles 34
   4. Ancient Church Orders 39
       A.Didache 39
       B.Didascalia Apostolorum 43
       C. The So-CalledApostolic Tradition of Hippolytus 44
       D.Apostolic Constitutions 49
   5. East Syrian Prayers 63
       A. The Liturgy of the Apostles Addai and Mari 64
       B. The Third Anaphora of St. Peter (Sharar) 69
       C. The Anaphora of Mar Theodore the Interpreter 76
   6. Egyptian Prayers 85
       A. The Strasbourg Papyrus 88
       B. The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis 90
       C. The Barcelona Papyrus 96
       D. The Deir Balyzeh Papyrus and the British Museum Tablet 100
       E. The Liturgy of St. Mark 104
       F. The Egyptian Anaphora of St. Basil 115
       G. The Ethiopian Anaphora of the Apostles 123
   7. Prayers from Jerusalem 133
       A. TheMystagogical Catecheses 133
       B. The Liturgy of St. James 139
   8. West Syrian Prayers 154
       A. Theodore of Mopsuestia:Catecheses 155
       B. The Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles 158
       C. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 164
       D. The Byzantine Liturgy of St. Basil 171
       E. The Armenian Anaphora of St. Athanasius 181
   9. The Roman Rite 192
       A. Ambrose of Milan:On the Sacraments 193
       B. Non-Roman Versions of the Canon 197
       C. The Mass of the Roman Rite 200
       D.Ordo Romanus Primus 210
   10. Other Western Rites 216
       A. The Gallican Rite 217
       B. The Mozarabic Rite 221
 
Part Two
REFORMED PRAYERS OF THE EUCHARIST
   Introduction: The Study of Reformation Liturgies 227
   11. Lutheran 231
       A. Martin Luther:Formula Missae 1523 andDeutsche Messe 1526 231
       B. Olavus Petri:The Swedish Mass 1531 242
       C. King John III:The Swedish Mass—The Red Book 1576 246
       D. Hermann von Wied:A Simple and Religious Consultation 1545 251
       E. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg:The Church Agenda 1748 259
   12. Reformed 264
       A. Ulrich Zwingli:De Canone Missae Epicheiresis 1523 andAction oder Brauch des Nachtmahls 1525 264
       B. Martin Bucer:The Psalter, with Complete Church Practice, 1539 272
       C. John Calvin:The Form of Church Prayers 1542 281
       D. John Knox:The Form of Prayers and Administration of the Sacraments 1556 288
       E.A Directory for the Public Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1645 295
       F. J. F. Osterwald:The Liturgy of Neuchâtel and Vallangin 1713 300
   13. Anglican 306
       A.The Order of the Communion 1548 306
       B.The Book of Common Prayer 1549 312
       C.The Book of Common Prayer 1552 321
       D. The ScottishBook of Common Prayer 1637 327
       E. Richard Baxter:The Reformation of the Liturgy 1661 334
       F.The Book of Common Prayer 1662 341
       G.The Nonjurors’ Liturgy 1718 347
       H. TheScottish Communion Office 1764 355
       I.The Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America 1790 361