Early Christian Worship: an introduction to ideas and practice. 9780281064885, 0281064881
Early Christian Worship is a straightforward, readable introduction to worship in the first four centuries of the church
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English Pages 101 Year 2011
Table of contents :
Cover page
About the author
Title page
Copyright
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and abbreviations
Introduction
Part 1: Christian initiation
1. Beginnings
2. Syria and Egypt
3. Rome and North Africa
4. The fourth-century synthesis
5. From adult to infant baptism
Part 2: Eucharist
6. Sacred meal
7. Anamnesis and epiclesis: the eucharistic prayer
8. Holy food
9. 'The bloodless sacrifice'
10. 'Let all mortal flesh keep silence'
Part 3: Liturgical time
11. Daily prayer
12. Sunday
13. Easter and Pentecost
14. Christmas, Epiphany and Lent
15. Saints' days
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