The Commentary of John of Dara on the Eucharist.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Varghese, Baby,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Moran Etho
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (69 p.)

Baby Varghese publishes here an English translation of the Commentary on the Eucharist by John of Dara, a ninth century leader in the West Syrian tradition. This text is an important source for understanding Eucharistic practices in the ninth century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Introductory Remarks -- Introduction: Origin of the qûrôbô—Institution of the Eucharist -- Chapter One: Plan of the Church; Liturgical objects; The disposition of the priests, deacons and the faithful -- Chapter Two: Sanctuary and its arrangements. Qêstrômô (2–6); Altar (7); Tâblitô and altar clothes (8–11); Paten and Chalice (12); Chosen breads (13); Anaphora (15–16); Incense (21); Fans (22); Lamps (23); Readings (24); Psalmody (25); Purificator (26); Sponge (27); Spoon (28); Fraction (29); Covering of the Holy Vessels (30); Veil of the Sanctuary (31); Communion (32–33) -- Chapter Three: Arrangement of the prayers; Sedro and Mâ’nitô (2); Origin of the Creed (3); Commentary on the Creed (4) -- Chapter Four: Prayers and liturgical actions: Three introductory prayers (2); Lifting up of the anaphora (3); Trinitarian blessing (4); Dialogue (5–7): Sanctus (8–9); Blessing of the bread and wine (10); Anamnesis (11–12); Epiclesis (13–14); Intercession (16); Kôrûzûtô (17); “the angel of concord” (18); Lord’s Prayer (19); Conclusion (20)