The Patristic Roots of Reformed Worship.

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments.
Preface

I. THE HISTORY OF REFORMED WORSHIP, 1500-1542.
--Pre-Reformation Attempts to Supplement the Roman Mass.
--Attempts at Revising the Roman Mass.
--The Call for more Radical Reform.
--The First Celebrations of the Evangelical Lord's Supper.
--The Sharing of Insights.
--The Beginnings of French Reformed Worship.
--Liturgical Revision in Strasbourg, 1537-1539.
--The Liturgy of the French Church at Strasbourg.
--The Genevan Psalter of 1542.
--Conclusion.
--Appendix to Chapter 1.
--Bibliography of Reformed Liturgies, 1524-1542.

II. THE PATRISTIC KNOWLEDGE OF THE REFORMERS.
--Zwingli.
--Pellikan.
--Oecolampadius.
--Bucer.
--Hedio.
--Capito.
--Le Febre.
--Musculus.
--Calvin.
--Appendix to Chapter II.
--Conclusion

III. THE PROCLAMATION OF THE WORD.
--The Proclaiming of the Word as Essential to the Service of the Lord's Day.
--The Lectio Continua.
--Reading and Preaching from the Old Testament.
--The Prayer for Illumination.

IV. THE PRAYERS.
--The Invocation.
--The Prayer of Confession.
--The Prayer of Intercession.
--Psalmody and Hymnody.

V. THE LORD'S SUPPER.
--The Dismissal of the Unrepentant.
--The Eucharistic Prayer.
--The Giving of the Communion Each Lord's Day and the Sharing of the Cup with the Whole Church.
--The Post-Communion Thanksgiving.
--The Benediction.
--Conclusion.