"Saying Grace" historically considered, and numerous forms of Grace taken from ancient and modern sources; with appendices

"Saying Grace" historically considered, and numerous forms of Grace taken from ancient and modern sources; with appendices

Author: Dixon, Henry Lancelot

Year: 1903

TABLE OF CONTENTS. Part I. Introduction on 'Saying Grace' Custom general as shewn from Pagan, Hebrew and Christian Literature In Pagan Literature evidence from Homer, Hesiod, Plato, Athenoeus, Epictetus, Virgil, Horace and Livy 3 The Ainu of Japan 7 In Hebrew Literature the evidence from the Old Testament and the Apocrypha 8 From the Mishna and other Jewish writings 12 In Christian Literature, the evidence from the New Testament : — (1) From the example of our Lord Himself 14 (2) From the example of the Apostles 17 The words evKoyeTi/ and cuxaptffTeu' 20 From the Epistle of St. Clement and from the Didache 21 In the second century from Aristides 22 In the third century from Clemens of Alexandria, Tertullian and St. Cyprian In the fourth century from St. Basil 24 In the fifth century from the Hymns of St. Prudentius ; from writings of St. Chrysostom and from those attributed to St. Athanasius 25 From passages in writings of St. Jerome, St. Augustine, and from the address by Sozomen to Theodosius The story in the Lausiaca of Palladius 33 From passages in writings of Cassian, and Bishop Maximus of Turin 34 In the sixth century the Benedictine Rule and the order of Bp. Martin of Braga