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Thomas J. Talley, The Origins of the Liturgical Year. Copyright © 1991 by The Order of Saint Benedict, Inc. Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota. Reprinted with permission.
Raniero Cantalamessa, Easter in the Early Church (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press 1993). Reprinted with permission of the author.
Martin Connell, ‘The Origins and Evolution of Advent in the West’, Kilian McDonnell, ‘The Marian Liturgical Tradition’ and Gabriele Winkler, ‘The Appearance of Light at the Baptism of Jesus and the Origins of the Feast of the Epiphany’ in Maxwell E. Johnson (ed.), Between Memory and Hope: Readings on the Liturgical Year. Copyright © 2000 by The Order of Saint Benedict, Inc. Published by Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota. Used with permission.
Ephrem the Syrian: Hymns, translated and introduced by Kathleen E. McVey. Copyright © 1989 by Kathleen E. McVey. Paulist Press, Inc., Mahwah, NJ. Reprinted with permission of Paulist Press, Inc. <www.paulistpress.com>
Sebastian Brock, ‘Mary in Syriac Tradition’ in A. Stacpoole (ed.), Mary’s Place in Christian Dialogue (Wilton: Morehouse-Barlow 1982). Reprinted with permission of the author.