Professional Documents
Culture Documents
(Note: The call numbers listed below are for the University of Notre Dame’s library
and may not be applicable to your own.
I. A Comprehensive Bibliography
Metzger, Marcel, History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages (Liturgical Press, 1997)
08146-2433-2
Harrelson, Walter J. From Fertility Cult to Worship. Garden City, N.Y.: Anchor
Books/Doubleday, 1970, c1969. (BM656 .H3 1970)
(very accessible)
Kraus, Hans Joachim. Worship in Israel: a Cultic History of the Old Testament.
Richmond, John Knox Press, 1966.
Rowley, Harold Henry, 1890-1969. Worship in Ancient Israel; its forms and meaning.
London, S.P.C.K. 1967. (BM656 .R6 1967a)
Vaux, Roland de, 1903-1971. Ancient Israel. New York, McGraw- Hill, 1965,
c1961. (DS 112 .V3 1965)
. Ancient Israel: its Life and Institutions. New York, McGraw-Hill,
1961. (BS670.V284 E3)
Dugmore, Clifford William. The Influence of the Synagogue upon the Divine Office.
Westminster, Faith Press, 1964. (BX5141.A1 A6 v.45)
Gavin, Frank Stanton Burns, 1890-1938. The Jewish Antecedents of the Christian
Sacraments. New York, Ktav Pub. House, 1969. (BV800 .G35 1969)
Lamb, John Alexander. The Psalms in Christian Worship. London, Faith Press,
1962. (BS 1435 .L218)
Mowinckel, Sigmund, 1884-1965. The Psalms in Israel's Worship. Oxford:
Blackwell, 1982. (BS1430.2 .M936 1982)
Oesterley, William Oscar Emil, 1866- . The Jewish Background of the Christian
Liturgy. Gloucester, Mass., P. Smith, 1965.
(BV 185 .O29)
3. Sacrifice:
Daly, Robert J., 1933- . Christian Sacrifice: the Judaeo- Christian Background before
Origen. Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1978. (BS680.S2
D33)
. The Origins of the Christian Doctrine of Sacrifice. Philadelphia: Fortress
Press, c1978. (BS680.S2 D34)
5. Other Sources:
B. Sacraments:
1. Baptism
Higgins, Angus John Brockhurst. The Lord's Supper in the New Testament. London:
SCM Press, 1952. (BV825 .H636, BS 413 .S934 no. 6)
Jeremias, Joachim, 1900- . The Eucharistic Words of Jesus. London, S. C. M.
Press, 1966. (BT 420 .J472 E3 1966)
Adkins, Lesley and Roy A. Adkins. Dictionary of Roman Religion. Oxford University
Press, 2001.
Bouyer, Louis, 1913- . Eucharist: Theology and Spirituality of the Eucharistic
Prayer. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 1968. (BV 823 .B782
E3)
Bradshaw, Paul. Eucharistic Origins. Oxford Press, 2004.
-----------------. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and
Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy. New York: Oxford University Press,
1992.
Deiss, Lucien. Springtime of the Liturgy: Liturgical Texts of the First Four Centuries.
Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, c1979. (BV185 .D413 1979)
. Early Sources of the Liturgy. Staten Island, N.Y.: Alba House, 1967.
(BV185 .D4)
Foley, Edward. Foundations of Christian Music: The Music of Pre-Constantinian
Christianity. American Essays in Liturgy. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1996.
Hammond, Charles Edward, 1837-1914, comp. Liturgies, Eastern and Western;
being the texts. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1896. (BV * 170 .H225 1896)
[Brightman, Liturgies: Eastern and Western]
Lake, Kirsopp. The Apostolic Fathers. Cambridge: W. Heinemann Ltd.;
Cambridge, Harvard University Press 1959. [OTHER EDITIONS/VERSIONS
MAY BE AVAILABLE] (PA3611 .A7 1959)
Patzie, Arthur G. The Emergence of the Church: Context, Growth, Leadership &
Worship. InterVarsity Press, 2001.
Richardson, Cyril Charles, 1909- ed. and tr. Early Christian Fathers. New York:
Macmillan, 1970. (BR60 .R5 1970)
Srawley, J. H. (James Herbert), 1868-1954. The Early History of the Liturgy.
Cambridge: University Press, 1949. BV185 .Sr14
B. Initiation
C. The Eucharist
D. Daily Office
Batiffol, Pierre, 1861-1929. History of the Roman Breviary. London, New York,
Longmans, Green, 1912.
1861-1929. History of the Roman Breviary. London, New York,
Longmans, Green, and co., 1898. (BX 2000 . B322h En36)
Bradshaw, Paul F. Daily Prayer in the Early Church: a Study of the Origin and
Early Development of the Divine Office. London: Alcuin Club/SPCK, 1981. (BX 5141
.A1 A6 no.63)
Guiver, George. Company of Voices: Daily Prayer and the People of God. New
York: Pueblo Publishing Co, 1988. (BV 210.2 .G84 1988)
Juan Mateos, "The Morning and Evening Office,"Worship , 42 (January, 1968): 31-
47. (BX801 .Or1)
, "The Origins of the Divine Office," Worship, 41 (October, 1967): 477-
485. (BX801 .Or1)
Old, Hughes. "Daily Prayer in the Reformed Church of Strasbourg, 1525-1530,"
Worship, 52 (March, 1978): 121-138. (BX801 .Or1)
Salmon, Pierre, Aug. 23, 1896- . The Breviary through the Centuries.
Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, 1962. (BX2000.S172 E3)
Scotto, Dominic F. The Liturgy of the Hours: its History and its Importance as the
Communal Prayer of the Church after the Liturgical Reform of Vatican II. Petersham,
Mass.: St. Bede's Publications, c1987. (BX 2000 .S36 1987)
Storey, William. "The Liturgy of the Hours: Cathedral Versus Monastery," Worship,
50 (January, 1976): 50-70. (BX801 .Or1)
Taft, Robert F. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West: the Origins of the Divine
Office and its Meaning for Today. Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, c1986.
(BX2000 .T34 1986)
E. Liturgical Time
1. General Studies
Adam, Adolf, 1912- . The Liturgical Year: its History & its Meaning after the
Reform of the Liturgy. New York: Pueblo Pub. Co., c1981. (BV 30 .A313)
The Church at Prayer: the Eucharist. New York: Herder and Herder, 1973.
Martimort, Aime Georges. The Church at Prayer: an Introduction to the Liturgy.
Vol. IV Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press, c1985- OTHER
EDITIONS/VERSIONS MAY BE AVAILABLE: Eglise en priere. English. (BX
1970 .E313 1986)
McArthur, A. Allan. The Evolution of the Christian Year. London: SCM Press,
1953. (BV 30 .M2 1953a)
Talley, Thomas J. The Origins of the Liturgical Year. New York: Pueblo Publishing
Co., c1986. (BV 30 .T148)
F. Texts
G. Non-verbal documents
Davies, J. G. (John Gordon), 1919- . The Early Christian Church. New York:
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1965. (BR162 .D256)
. The Origin and Development of Early Christian Church
Architecture. New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. (NA 360 .D287)
Du Bourguet, Pierre. Early Christian Painting. New York: Viking Press, 1966,
c1965. (N7840 .D813)
Foley, Edward. Foundations of Christian Music: The Music of Pre-Constantinian
Christianity. American Essays in Liturgy. Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1996.
Grabar, Andre, 1896- . Christian Iconography: a Study of its Origins. Princeton,
N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1968. (N7832 .G7511)
Krautheimer, Richard, 1897- . Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture.
Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, 1986. (N
5300 .A1 K91 1986)
Lowrie, Walter, 1868-1959. Art in the Early Church. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
(N7832 .L955 1965)
Mâle, Emile, 1862-1954. The Early Churches of Rome. Chicago: Quadrangle Books,
1960. (DG 816.3 .M293 E3)
Meer, Frederik van der, 1904- . Atlas of the Early Christian World. London:
Nelson, 1966. (G1033 .M495 1966)
Quasten, Johannes, 1900- . Music and Worship in Pagan and Christian Antiquity.
S.l.: s.n., 1973?. (ML169 .Q3713 1973)
Stauffer, Anita. "Re-examining Baptismal Fonts" (tape)
H. Individual Theologians
Medieval Liturgy
A. General Studies
C. Initiation
Fisher, John Douglas Close. Christian Initiation: Baptism in the Medieval West; a
Study in the Disintegration of the Primitive Rite of Initiation. London S.P.C.K. 1965.
(BX 5141 .A1 A6 v.47)
Kavanagh, Aidan. The Shape of Baptism: the Rite of Christian Initiation. New York:
Pueblo Pub. Co, c1978. (BX2205 .K38)
Made, Not Born: New Perspectives on Christian Initiation and the Catechumenate. from
the Murphy Center for Liturgical Research. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame
Press, c1976. (BV812 .M27)
Guiver, George. Company of Voices: Daily Prayer and the People of God. New
York: Pueblo Publishing Co., 1988. (BV 210.2 .G84 1988)
Taft, Robert F. Beyond East and West: Problems in Liturgical Understanding.
Washington, D.C.: Pastoral Press, 1984.
(BV176 .T3)
Van Dijk, Stephen Joseph Peter. The Origins of the Modern Roman Liturgy: the
Liturgy of the Papal Court and the Franciscan Order in the Thirteenth Century.
Westminster, Md.: Newman Press, 1960. (BX 1970 .V245)
V. The Reformation
A. General Studies
B. Lutheran Liturgy
Luther, Martin. Luther's Works, Jaroslav Pelikan, editor. Saint Louis: Concordia
Pub. House, 1955-1986. For liturgy see vols 35-38, and especially 53. (BR 330 .E3)
Lutheran Church. Book of concord. Concordia, pia et unanimi consensu repetita
confessio fidei et doctrinae electorum: principum et ordinum imperii, atque
eorundem theologorum, qui Augustanam confessionem amplectuntur: cum appendice
tripartita et novis indicibus ...Lipsiae: Sumptibus viduae Johannis Grossii,
typis Christiani Scholvini, 1698. (BX8068.A5 L356 1698)
Lutheran Church. Book of concord. Historical Introductions to the Book of
Concord. St. Louis, Concordia Pub. House, 1965. (BX8068 .A3 1965)
Muller, Karl Ferdinand, 1911- ed. Leiturgia; Handbuch des evangelischen
Gottesdienstes. Kassel: J. Stauda-Verlag 1954- (BX8067.A1 M946)
C. Zwingli
Jaspers and Cumings, eds. Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed. Third
edition. New York: Pueblo, c1987.
(BV 825.5 .P7 1987)
Old, Hughes Oliphant. The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship. Zurich: Theologische
Verlag, 1974.
. Worship that is Reformed according to Scripture. Atlanta:
John Knox Press, c1984. (BX9427 .O425 1984)
Sasse, Hermann, 1895- . This is my Body; Luther's Contention for the Real
Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar. Minneapolis, Augsburg Pub. House, 1959.
(BR333 .S252) [Marburg Colloquy]
Schmidt-Clausing, Fritz, 1902- . Zwingli als Liturgiker; eine liturgiegeschichtliche
Untersuchung. Gottingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1952. (BV 170 .E92 Heft 7)
Thompson, Bard, 1925- , ed. Liturgies of the Western Church. Cleveland, Meridian
Books, c1961. (BV186.5 .T5)
Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531. Commentary on True and False Religion. Durham, N.C.:
Labyrinth, 1981, c1929. (BT70 .Z8713 1981)
. Zwingli and Bullinger. London: SCM Press, 1953.
(BR 45 .L616 v. 24)
D. Anabaptists
E. Calvin
1. Books by Calvin
Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Institutes of the Christian Religion. London: SCM Press,
1961. (BR 45 .L616 v. 20-21)
. Theological Treatises. Philadelphia, Westminster Press,
1954. (BR 45 .L616 v. 22 1954)
2. Studies on Calvin
Byars, Ronald P. “Eucharistic Prayer in the Reformed Tradition,” Worship 77, 2 (March
2003): 114-131.
F. Anglican liturgy
1. English
2. American
G. Puritans
1. Studies
2. Primary Sources
Andrews, Edward Deming, 1894-1964. The Gift to be Simple: Songs, Dances and
Rituals of the American Shakers. New York, Dover Publications,1962, c1940.
(BV442 .A566)
. The People called Shakers: a Search for the Perfect
Society. New York: Dover Publications, 1963.
(BX9765 .An26 1963)
.. Work and Worship among the Shakers. Grenwich,
C.T.: New York Graphic Society, 1974.
Barclay, Robert, 1648-1690. An Apology for the true Christian divinity, being an
explanation and vindication of the principles and doctrines of the people called
Quakers. Philadelphia, Friends' Book Store, 1908. (BX7730 .B235)
Fox, George, 1624-1691. Journal. New York: Capricorn Books, 1963. (BX7795.F7
A23 1963)
Hall, Francis, ed. Quaker Worship in North America. Richmond, IN: Friends United
Press, 1979.
Hamm, Thomas D. The Transformation of American Quakerism: Orthodox Friends,
1800-1907. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1988. (BX 7637 .H35
1988)
Penn, William. No Cross, No Crown
I. Methodist Liturgy
Baker, Frank, 1910- . Methodism and the Love-feast. London: Epworth Press, 1957.
Borgen, Ole E. John Wesley on the Sacraments: a Theological Study. Grand Rapids,
Mich.: Francis Asbury Press, 1985?, c1972. (BV800 .B65 1985)
Bowmer, John. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in Early Methodism. London:
Dacre Press, 1951. (BX8338.L6 B62)
Burdon, Adrian. The Preaching Service--The Glory of the Methodist. A Study of the
piety, ethos and development of the Methodist Preaching Service. Bramcote:
Grove Books Limited, 1991. BX5141 .A1 G76 no. 64
Cook, R. History of the Ritual of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Elkins, Heather Murray. "On Borrowed Time: The Church Year in American
Methodism." UMI, 1991.
Grabner, John D. "A Commentary on the Rites of An Ordinal, The United
Methodist Church." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Notre Dame, 1983. (BX
8382.2 .Z5 G7 1983)
Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1892- . The Rites and Ritual of Episcopal
Methodism: with particular reference to the rituals of the Methodist Episcopal
Church and to the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, respectively. Nashville:
Publishing House of the M.E. Church, South, 1926. (BX8337 .H3 1926a)
Hohenstein, Charles R., 1955- . "The Revisions of the Rites of Baptism in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, 1784-1939." Ph.D. diss., University of Notre Dame,
1990. (BX 8338 .B3 H645 1990)
Kolodziej, Benjamin A. “Isaac Watts, the Wesleys, and the Evolution of the 18th-Century
English Congregational Song.” Methodist History 42, 4 (July 2004): 236-248.
Mercer, Francis Dean. “The Liturgical and Sacramental Development of the Free
Methodist Church in Canada, with Special Attention to the Rituals of Baptism and the
Lord’s Supper.” D.Th. dissertation, University of Toronto, 1991.
Miller, Doris I. “Unfermented wine on the Lord’s Table: origins and implementation in
nineteenth century Canadian Methodism.” Methodist History 29 (October 1990): 3-13.
O’Brien, Betty O. “The Lord’s Supper: Fruit of the Vine or Cup of Devils?” Methodist
History 31 (July 1993): 203-233.
O’Brien, Betty O. “The Lord’s Supper: Traditional Cup of Unity or Individual Cups of
Individuality.” Methodist History 32 (January 1994): 79-98.
Peiffer, Bob How contemporary liturgies evolve: the revision of United Methodist
liturgical texts. Ph.D. diss., Notre Dame.
For Southern Baptists generally, see the January 84 (19, 1) and July 96 (31, 3) issues of
Baptist History and Heritage, including the following:
Carter, James E. “What is the Southern Baptist Heritage of Worship?” Baptist History
and Heritage 31, 3 (July 1996): 38-47.
Eskey, Harry L. “Southern Baptist Contributions to Hymnody,” Baptist History and
Heritage 19, 1 (January 1984): 27-35.
Fasol, Al, “What is the Role of Proclamation in Southern Baptist Worship?” Baptist
History and Heritage, 31, 3 (July 1996): 18-25.
Hendricks, William L. “Where Do We Worship?” Baptist History and Heritage 31, 3
(July 1996): 26-37.
Lawhorn, Sharon Leding, “Women: Leading and Planning Worship,” Baptist History
and Heritage 31, 3 (July 1996): 48-58.
McElrath, Hugh T., “Turning Points in the Story of Baptist Church Music,” Baptist
History and Heritage 19, 1 (January 1984): 4-16.
McKinney, Lora-Ellen. Total Praise: An Orientation to Black Baptist Belief and
Worship. Judson Press, 2003.Music, David W., “Baptist Hymnals as Shapers of
Worship,” Baptist History and Heritage 31, 3 (July 1996): 7-17.
---------------------, “Music in Southern Baptist Evangelism,” Baptist History and Heritage
19, 1 (January 1984): 36-45.
Sparks, Elder John. The Roots of Appalachian Christianity: The Life & Legacy of Elder
Shubal Stearns (University Press of Kentucky 2001).
For Baptists generally, see the following, especially the important book by Christopher
Ellis.
Brackney, William, ed. Baptist Life and Thought: A Source Book.
Carter, James E. “What is the Southern Baptist Heritage of Worship?” Baptist History
and Heritage 31, 3 (July 1996): 38-47.
McBeth, H. Leon. The Baptist Heritage: Four Centuries of Baptist Witness. Nashville:
Broadman Press, 1987.
McElrath, Hugh T. “Turning Points in the Story of Baptist Church Music,” Baptist
History and Heritage 19, 1 (January 1984): 4-16.
Music, David W. “Music in Southern Baptist Evangelism,” Baptist History and Heritage
19, 1 (January 1984): 36-45.
John S. Moore, “John Williams’ Journal: Edited with Comments,” Virginia Baptist
Register 17 (1978): 795-813.
Williams, J. Paul. What Americans Believe and How They Worship. New York: Harper
& Brothers, 1952. Interesting show digest and description of wide variety mid-twentieth
century.
Bolton, Charles A. Church Reform in 18th Century Italy (The Synod of Pistoia,
1786). The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1969.
BX4705 .P5 B6
Cattaneo, Enrico. Il culto cristiano in Occidente: note storiche. Roma: C.L.V.-
Edizioni liturgiche, 1984. (re: Synod of Pistoia) (BV186.5 .C38 1984)
Kohlschein, Franz. Aufklärungskatholizismus und Liturgie. Eos Verlag Erzabtei St.
Ottilien, 1989. (BX1977.G3 A83 1989)
Swidler, Leonard J. Aufklarung Catholicism, 1780-1850: Liturgical, and Other
Reforms in the Catholic Aufklarung. Missoula, Mont.: Published by Scholars Press
for the American Academy of Religion, c1978. (BX1536 .S93)