Connections between the Roman Canon missae and the East Syrian Anaphora of Mar Theodore
Historical-critical work on the Roman Canon Missae (RC) has yielded a high degree of consensus about the connections between its final form and the Alexandrian liturgies, especially the Greek Anaphora of St. Mark, and its Coptic version, the Anaphora of St. Cyril, as well as prayers scattered in the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2021
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Questions liturgiques
Year: 2021, Volume: 101, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 276-304 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Catholic Church, Verfasserschaft1, Missale Romanum
/ Theodorus, Mopsuestenus 352-428, Anaphora
/ Anaphora
/ Simile
/ Liturgy
/ History 0-500
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KDB Roman Catholic Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RC Liturgy |
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| Summary: | Historical-critical work on the Roman Canon Missae (RC) has yielded a high degree of consensus about the connections between its final form and the Alexandrian liturgies, especially the Greek Anaphora of St. Mark, and its Coptic version, the Anaphora of St. Cyril, as well as prayers scattered in the Latin sacramentaries and in the late fourth century text reproduced by Ambrose in De sacramentis. But a connection that has not yet been identified is with the Anaphora of Mar Theodore, one of the three main East Syrian anaphoras. In this article, I identify four key connections between the Anaphora of Mar Theodore and the Roman Canon: (1) two verbs of offering in two discrete locations; (2) their peculiar emphasis on sacrifice and the importance of divine acceptance; (3) the use of "mystery" in the institution narrative; and (4) a shared sequence of prayers, language, and phrasing in the Te igitur, Memento domine, and Communicantes of the RC. Considered together, these connections indicate the high probability of common source material shared by the Roman Canon, the Anaphora of Theodore, and Anaphora of St. Mark. The article concludes with a Greek hypothetical reconstruction of what such a source might contain. Les travaux historiques et critiques sur le Canon Missae romain ont permis d'atteindre un haut degré de consensus sur les liens entre sa forme finale et les liturgies alexandrines, en particulier l'anaphore grecque de Saint Marc et sa version copte, l'anaphore de Saint Cyrille, ainsi que les prières dispersées dans les sacramentaires latins et dans le texte de la fin du IVe siècle reproduit par Saint Ambroise dans De sacramentis. Mais un lien qui n’a pas encore été identifié est celui avec l'anaphore de Mar Théodore, l'une des trois principales anaphores de la Syrie orientale. Dans cet article, j'identifie quatre connexions clés entre l'anaphore de Mar Théodore et le Canon romain: (1) deux verbes d'offrande en deux endroits distincts; (2) l'accent particulier mis sur le sacrifice et l'importance de l'acceptation divine; (3) l'utilisation du concept de "mystère" dans le récit d'institution; et (4) une séquence commune de prières, de langage et de formulation dans le Te igitur, le Memento Domine et le Communicantes du Canon romain. Considérés ensemble, ces liens indiquent la forte probabilité d'une source commune partagée par le Canon romain, l'anaphore de Théodore et l'anaphore de Saint Marc. L'article se termine par une reconstitution hypothétique grecque de ce que pourrait contenir une telle source. |
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| Item Description: | Seite 302-304: Appendix A: "A grid of common adjectives for the gifts in Early Annaphorae" |
| ISSN: | 1783-1709 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Questions liturgiques
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2143/QL.101.3.3290090 |