THE LITURGICAL TEXTS OF LUCAS LOSSIUS IN MARTYNAS MAŽVYDAS HYMNAL

The liturgical writings of Martynas Mažvydas provide important indications that he knew and made good use of the music and texts published by Lucas Lossius in his 1553 “Psalmodia, hoc est Cantica Sacra”. This article examines several examples of Mažvydas’s translations from the Psalmodia and indicates that these texts came to be significant liturgical contributions to the liturgical life of Lithuanian language congregations. The context of his use of Lossius’s material is also described.Key Words: Lutherans, Mažvydas, hymnal