Enarxis

All’origine di un equivoco

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https://doi.org/10.25365/exf-2024-3-2

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Byzantine Liturgy, Enarxis, Historical Development, Liturgical Terminology

Abstract

This study investigates the origins of the interpretation in our contemporary times of the Greek term enarxis (lit. beginning) as synonymous with a celebratory macro-structure prior to the entry with the Gospel in the Byzantine Divine Liturgy. The examination of the manuscript sources of the 10th–11th centuries shows that this interpretation is arbitrary. According to the current state of research, it seems that the first author to make the semantic expansion from beginning to initial macro-structure was Frank E. Brightman.

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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 S. Anselmo in Rome and DFG member of the chair of Liturgiewissenschaft in the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Regensburg.

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2024-06-04

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Parenti, S. (2024). Enarxis: All’origine di un equivoco. Ex Fonte - Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy, 3, 39–56. https://doi.org/10.25365/exf-2024-3-2

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Vol. 3 (2024)

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