The Initial Blessing of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy

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https://doi.org/10.25365/exf-2023-2-4

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Byzantine Divine Liturgy, Initial Blessing, Greek Liturgical Manuscripts

Abstract

This article examines the origins, textual history, and meaning of the initial forms of blessing used in Eucharistic formulae in the Constantinopolitan liturgical tradition. In particular, it assesses the validity of the “eschatological” interpretation that some twentieth-century theologians have attributed to the blessing of God’s “basileia”.

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Stefano Parenti, Pontificio Istituto Liturgico – Pontificio Ateneo Sant'Anselmo

Stefano Parenti is Ordinary Professor of Eastern Liturgies in the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant’ Anselmo in Rome and currently DFG research fellow at the Chair of Liturgical Studies of the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg.

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2023-05-03

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Parenti, S. (2023). The Initial Blessing of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy. Ex Fonte - Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy, 2, 181–209. https://doi.org/10.25365/exf-2023-2-4

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Vol. 2 (2023)

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