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A History of Early Roman Liturgy to the Death of Pope Gregory the Great. By G. G. Willis. [Henry Bradshaw Society, Subsidia I.] (Rochester, New York: The Boydell Press for the Henry Bradshaw Society. 1994. Pp. xv, 168. $45.00.)
The Henry Bradshaw Society, named in honor of a Cambridge University librarian,was founded in 1890 "for the editing of rare liturgical texts."The present volume, however, is the first of a new series of "Subsidia," monographs on various aspects of medieval liturgy. The publishers invite suggestions for future monographs.
The introduction is a tribute to Geoffrey Willis, who died in 1982. He is probably best known for his St. Augustine and the Donatist Schism, published in 1950. An Anglican clergyman, he served for many years as secretary of the Church of England Liturgical Commission. His resignation in 1965 was at least partly due to his resentment of the impact of...