Worship: Early Church Worship: The Didache Pattern

The Didache provides the earliest description of Christian worship outside the New Testament. For the Eucharist, it instructs: "First, concerning the cup: We thank Thee, our Father, for the holy vine of David Thy servant, which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy servant; to Thee be the glory forever. And concerning the broken bread: We thank Thee, our Father, for the life and knowledge which Thou madest known to us through Jesus Thy servant."…