Problems in the Early History of Liturgy
Convener
Stephanie Perdew VanSlyke
First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ
1125 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
847-251-6660 x11
svanslyke@fccw.org
Mission Statement
Our mission is to study issues in Christian and Jewish liturgical history through the early centuries of the common era.
2010 Academy Meeting Agenda
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Stefanos Alexopoulos: “«Εἴπωμεν πάντες…» Liturgical History and Liturgical Practice”
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Harald Buchinger: “Was there ever a Liturgical Triduum in Antiquity?
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Paul Bradshaw:
- “The Barcelona Papyrus and the Development of Early Eucharistic Prayers”
- “What do we Really know about early Roman Liturgy?”
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Martin Connell: “Clothing Imperatives in the Letters of Paul”
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Sr. Vassa Larin,: The Origins of Singing "It is Worthy" (Dostoino est') at the Hierarch's Entrance in the Russian Pontifical Rite.
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Clemens Leonhard: “Justin and the Idea of the Initiation Meal”
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Annie McGowan: “Basilian Anaphoral Scholarship: the State of the Question”
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Mark Morozowich: “Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week in First Millennium Jerusalem”
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Vitaly Permiakov: “Byzantine Church Dedication Rites”
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Walter Ray: “Egyptian Baptism”
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Nick Russo: “Origins of Lent”
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James Sabak: “Vigil Liturgies in Fourth to Eighth Century Roman Sacramentaries”
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Robert Taft: “When did the Catechumenate Die out in Constantinople?”
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Mikhail Zheltov will also bring a paper.
In addition, we will hear the following reports:
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Max Johnson: Review of E. Ferguson’s Baptism in Early Christianity
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Patrick Regan: Report on book proposal to be published by Liturgical Press: Two Church Years Compared: Ordinary and Extraordinary
2009 Academy Meeting Agenda
1. Clemens Leonhard: "Ascetic Pesachs - The Ritual of the Seder as Non-Meal"
2. Reuven Kimmelman: TBA
3. Ruth Langer: "The Presence of God in Jewish Liturgy"
4. Martin Connell: "If Not Reliable History: On Jewish Feast-Names in the Christian Gospels."
5. Robert Taft: "From Polemicists to Promotors: The Jesuits and the Liturgical Traditions of the Christian East."
6. Sister Vassa Larin: "Toward the Origins of Singing 'Axion estin' at the Entrance of a Bishop into Church in the Byzantine Rite"
7. Stephanie Perdew, "Update on Research on the Apostolic Church Order."
8. Lizette Larson-Miller: "Martyrs' Tombs and Incubation"
9. Robin Jenson: "Inscriptions in Baptisteries and Other Liturgical Locations"
10. Dominic Serra: “The Gelasian Exorcismi Super Electos in Roman Baptismal Practice and Theology”
11. Chris McConnell:"Paschal Baptism at Sardis? Baptism in Melito'sOn Pascha"
12. Vitaly Permiakov: "Iconoclasm and the Byzantine Rite for the Dedication of Churches"
2008 Academy Meeting Agenda
Robert Taft, "Worship on Sinai in the First Christian Millennium."
Sister Vassa Larin, "The Commemoration of Civil Authorities in the Late-Byzantine and Muscovite Euchology Traditions: Past and Present."
Ruth Langer, "Memory."
Stephanie Perdew, "Update on Research on the Apostolic Church Order."
Harald Buchinger, "Resumé of a Paper on the Etymologies of "Pascha."
Patrick Regan, "The Influence of Jerusalem on the Paschal Lucernarium."
Reuven Kimelman, "The Meaning and Structure of the Classical Rabbinic Shema
Liturgy."
Nicholas Russo, "The Role of Secret Mark in the Origins of Lent."
Vitaly Permiakov, "Byzantine Dedication Rites."
Number of participants: 12-15
Papers Online
A list of papers developed by members from this seminar will appear here
Previous Seminar Reports
See seminar reports from annual meetings dating back to 2002:
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