RT Article T1 The Initial Blessing of the Byzantine Divine Liturgy JF Ex fonte VO 2 SP 181 OP 209 A1 Parenti, Stefano 1959- LA English YR 2023 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1891123785 AB 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". K1 Byzantine Divine Liturgy K1 Greek Liturgical Manuscripts K1 Initial Blessing DO 10.25365/exf-2023-2-4