Athanasii De vita ascetica testimonia colleta

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Eichhorn considers St. Athanasius's [*De virginitate*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=7162) authentic (pp. 27 ff. // **PDF pp. 34 ff.** ).* * *"[What is the earliest manuscript of the Gloria in excelsis Deo (Greater Doxology) hymn?](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/q/56918/1787)"According to Adrian Fortescue's [*The Mass: A Study in the Roman Liturgy*](https://isidore.co/calibre/browse/book/2857), "§6. Gloria in Excelsis", [p. 238](https://archive.org/stream/cu31924029398553#page/n255/mode/2up), the *Gloria in excelsis*> is found first [in Greek] in St. Athanasius' treatise: *de Virginitate* [ *sive de ascesi* ]1 as part of morning prayer (with [Ps. lxii](http://drbo.org/drl/chapter/21062.htm), and the Benedicite) and in the [Greek Old and New Testament manuscript, the] [Codex alexandrinus](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04080c.htm) (Vth cent.).2* * *1\. C. 20 ([P.G. xxviii](https://patristica.net/graeca/#t028), [275](https://archive.org/details/patrologiaecurs130migngoog/page/n148/mode/2up)). The authenticity of this work, long disputed, now seems more generally admitted. See Eichhorn: [*Athanasii de vita ascetica testimonia*](https://isidore.co/calibre/#panel=book_details&book_id=7163) (Halle, 1886) p[p. 27](https://books.google.com/books?id=UI9v4fQ5vmMC&pg=PA27) seq., and especially von der Goltz in *Texte und Untersuchungen* , N.S. xiv, 2 *a*. 2\. As an appendix to the psalms at the end.cf. also "[Psalter](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12543b.htm)" and [my answer](https://christianity.stackexchange.com/a/54746/1787) to the question "How did the Catholic Church function logistically/liturgically prior to the invention of the printing press?"