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  • 18 - THE PLACE OF THE BIBLE IN THE LITURGY

  • from V - THE BIBLE IN THE EARLY CHURCH
  • Edited by P. R. Ackroyd, C. F. Evans
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of the Bible
    Published online:
    28 March 2008
    Print publication:
    01 April 1970, pp 563-586

  • Summary

    The study of liturgical origins enables to understand better the significance of festivals and the meaning of liturgical formulas and ceremonies. The earliest Christians were of Jewish origin, and were accustomed to the services held both in the Temple and in the synagogue. The main purpose of the synagogue was the reading and interpretation of the scriptures of the Old Testament, the Bible of the Jews, as well as prayer. The evidence of the New Testament indicates that the Old Testament scriptures were regularly read in the synagogue. In the sub-apostolic period, three useful texts are the Epistle of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians, Pliny's Letter to Trajan and the Didacke. The Old Testament lesson was sometimes called 'the prophet' or 'the prophecy', as in Apostolic Constitution. There are clear indications in the New Testament that the Christians recognised the value and importance of definite hours of prayer.