{"id":12591,"date":"2011-12-06T01:56:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T07:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=12591"},"modified":"2011-12-08T17:16:45","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T23:16:45","slug":"byzantine-commentaries-on-the-eucharist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/06\/byzantine-commentaries-on-the-eucharist\/","title":{"rendered":"Byzantine Commentaries on the Eucharist (or: Of Studies, Liturgical, Part III)"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post continues our occasional romp through the topics of my Ph.D. comprehensive exams (begun here<\/a> and continued here<\/a>). Enjoy!<\/p>\n

TOPIC 2<\/strong> (Eucharist, Eastern):
\nPatristic and Early Medieval Byzantine Commentaries on the Eucharistic Liturgy
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

This topic exposes the examinee to four primary early and medieval commentaries (by Theodore of Mopsuestia, Pseudo-Dionysius \u201cthe Areopagite,\u201d Maximus Confessor, Germanus of Constantinople and Nicholas Cabasilas) on the Divine Liturgies of the Byzantine rite, attending to what they reveal about the development of the liturgy itself, to the development of mystical commentary in the Byzantine tradition from \u201cmystagogical\u201d to \u201callegorical\u201d and to the theology of the Eucharistic sacrament (including the topics of presence and sacrifice insofar as they are treated by the commentators).<\/p>\n

.<\/span>
\nPrimary Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cabasilas, Nicholas. A Commentary on the Divine Liturgy,<\/em> tr. J. M. Hussey and P. A. McNulty. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 1977.<\/p>\n

Germanus of Constantinople. On the Divine Liturgy, <\/em>tr. Paul Meyendorff. Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir\u2019s Seminary Press, 1984.<\/p>\n

Maximus Confessor. \u201cThe Church\u2019s Mystagogy,\u201d 181-225. Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings, <\/em>tr. George Berthold. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1985.<\/p>\n

Pseudo-Dionysius. \u201cThe Ecclesiastical Hierarchy,\u201d 195-259. Pseudo-Dionysius: The Complete Works,<\/em> tr. Colm Lubheid. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist, 1987.<\/p>\n

Theodore of Mopsuestia, \u201cBaptismal Homily V\u201d and \u201cBaptismal Homily VI\u201d (= Catechetical Sermons 15-16), 226-250. Edward Yarnold, SJ, The Awe Inspiring Rites of Initiation: The Origins of the R.C.I.A. <\/em>Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2001.<\/p>\n

.<\/span>
\nSecondary Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bornert, Ren\u00e9. Les Commentaires byzantins de la divine liturgie du VIIe au XVe si\u00e8cle<\/em> (Archives de l\u2019Orient Chr\u00e9tien 9). Paris: Institut Fran\u00e7ais d\u2019\u00c9tudes Byzantines, 1966.<\/p>\n

Golitzin, Alexander. Et Introibo Ad Altare Dei: The Mystagogy of Dionysius Areopagita, with Special Reference to Its Predecessors in the Eastern Christian Tradition.<\/em> Thessalonik\u0113: Patriarchikon Idruma Paterik\u014dn Melet\u014dn\/George Dedousis, 1994.<\/p>\n

Loudovikos, Nikolaos. A Eucharistic Ontology: Maximus the Confessor’s Eschatological Ontology of Being as Dialogical Reciprocity, <\/em>tr. Elizabeth Theokritoff. Brookline, MA: Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 2010.<\/p>\n

Louth, Andrew. \u201cThe Reception of Dionysius up to Maximus Confessor,\u201d 43-53. Re-Thinking Dionysius the Areopagite,<\/em> ed. Sarah Coackley and Charles M. Stang Oxford Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.<\/p>\n

Reine, Francis Joseph. The Eucharistic Doctrine and Liturgy of the Mystagogical Catecheses of Theodore of Mopsuestia. <\/em>Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 1942 .<\/p>\n

Rorem, Paul. Pseudo-Dionysius: A Commentary on the Texts and an Introduction to their Influence,<\/em> 91-132. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1993.<\/p>\n

Schulz, Hans-Joachim. The Byzantine Liturgy,<\/em> tr. Matthew J. O\u2019Connell. New York: Pueblo, 1986.<\/p>\n

Taft, Robert F., \u201cThe Liturgy of the Great Church: An initial Synthesis of Structure and Interpretation on the Eve of Iconoclasm,\u201d Dumbarton Oaks Papers<\/em> 34-35 (1980-1981): 45-75.<\/p>\n

Tsirpanlis, Constantine N. The Liturgical and Mystical Theology of Nicolas Cabasilas.<\/em> Athens: Theologia, 1976.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post continues our occasional romp through Fr. 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