The Orthodox Liturgy: The Development of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite

by Hugh Wybrew

Publisher:

SPCK

, 1989

Overview

Western observers never fail to be awestruck at the celebration of the Liturgy in an Orthodox Church. In this authoritative yet highly readable account, Hugh Wybrew traces the development of the Orthodox liturgy through the centuries. He conveys a lively and memorable sense of what it would have felt like to be among the worshippers.

From its first appearance, The Orthodox Liturgy rapidly established itself as the best introduction to the subject for the non-specialist. This reissue includes a new preface, which outlines the latest research on the sources of the Byzantine tradition, and an updated bibliography.

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Key Features

• Traces the development of Orthodox liturgy through the centuries
• Introduces the non-specialist to Orthodox liturgy
• Presents the latest research on the sources of the liturgy

Contents

• Western Eucharist and Orthodox Liturgy
• The Sources of the Tradition
• The Fourth Century
• The Eucharist at Constantinople in the Time of John Chrysostom
• The Liturgy in the Time of Maximus the Confessor
• The Liturgy after the Victory of the Icons
• They Byzantine Liturgy in the Eleventh Century
• The Completion of the Liturgy
• Epilogue
• ‘Life of Christ’ Symbolism in the Liturgy: Comparative Table

Top Highlights

“There Christ offers himself to the Father in an eternal sacrifice of love and self-giving: and into that sacrifice the worshipper is drawn by participating in the Liturgy which celebrates in spiritual reality what the church building proclaims in sacramental image.” (Page 4)

“The mystery is the reality of salvation, made present in a visible sign which both reveals and conceals it.” (Page 24)

“St John, describing the worship of heaven in terms of the Sunday Eucharist, can claim to be the forerunner of many a Byzantine preacher and liturgical commentator, explaining the earthly liturgy as an image of the worship of heaven, whereby men and angels join in the common praise of their creator and redeemer.” (Pages 16–17)

“Worshippers, entering such a church, entered an image of the universe” (Page 107)

“Sanctus of Isaiah, praising God with their ‘Holy, holy, holy’” (Page 16)

Praise for the Print Edition

The Orthodox Liturgy is solidly based on sound scholarship . . . written in a non-technical way which will be accessible to anyone who is interested in the history of Christian worship.

——Church Times

We have long needed such an introduction. Clear yet detailed, sympathetic yet not uncritical, The Orthodox Liturgy will be of great value to Christians, whether Western or Eastern.

—Metropolitan Kallistos of Diokleia

Product Details

• Title: The Orthodox Liturgy: The Development of the Eucharistic Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite
• Author: Hugh Wybrew
• Publisher: SPCK
• Print Publication Date: 1989
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 208
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Lord’s Supper › Orthodox Eastern Church; Orthodox Eastern Church Eucharist
• ISBNs: 9780281070985, 9780881411003, 0281070989, 0881411000
• Resource ID: LLS:RTHDXLTRGYBYZRT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:48:28Z

About Hugh Wybrew

Hugh Wybrew is an Anglican priest who has studied Orthodoxy for many years. He is an associate member of the faculty of theology and religion in the University of Oxford. He has also served as secretary of the Fellowship of St. Alban and St. Sergius, and dean of St. George’s Anglican Cathedral in Jerusalem, where he was in close contact with Eastern churches.