The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy [2 edition] 978-0195217322

Table of contents :
Abbreviations
Preface
Shifting Scholarly Perspectives
The Background of Early Christian Worship
Worship in the New Testament
Ancient Church Orders:A Continuing Enigma
Other Major Liturgical Sources
The Evolution of Eucharistic Rites
Christian Initiation: A Study in Diversity
Liturgy and Time
Ministry and Ordination
The Effects of the Coming of Christendom
in the Fourth Century
Postscript
Index of Modern Authors
Subject Index

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for the ORIGINS of CHRISTIAN WORSHIP Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy

Paul F. Bradshaw

THE SEARCH for the ORIGINS of CHRISTIAN WORSHIP PRAISE FOR THE PREVIOUS EDITION

'Bradshaw has performed a great service to the academic commwuty. ... Well-written, fully documented, this work will be useful. to neophyte and scholar alike.' St. Vladimir's Theological Qyarterly 'An indispensable instrument for liturgical teaching and research.' Worship 'An important scholarly work of the fIrst order, as rigorously critical and well-organized in its evaluation of the sources as it is fascinating in its concluSions.'}ourna1 '!J,FEar~ 1 Ch Tlstwn - - St ud-les The Search for the Origins if Christian Worship examines critically the sources for Christian liturgical practices in the fIrst three centuries and discusses how these practices should be interpreted in order to avoid projecting modern concerns on to ancient times. Paul F. Bradshaw explores the variety of practices in the early Church and looks at the emergence of the classical shape of Christian liturgy as various traditions were brought together in the fourth century.

This new edition of the classic work has been rewritten to incorporate the fruits of the latest research and up-to-date bibliographical material. New chapters have been added on ministry and ordination, and on the effects of the coming of Christendom in the fourth century_ ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Paul F. Bradshaw is Professor of Liturgy at the UniverSity of Notre Dame, Indiana, and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University's London Centre. He is the author of Earl), Christian Worship (2000) and Ordination Rites if the Ancient Churches if the &stand West (1990), and co-editor of The Study ifLiturBJ' (1992).

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THE SEARCH FOR THE ORIGINS OF CHRISTIAN WORSHIP

Paul Bradshaw is Professor of Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA, but currently serving as Director of Undergraduate Studies at the University's London ceotre. He is also a priest-vicar of Westminster Abbey, an honorary canon of the Episcopal Diocese of Northern Indiana, a member of

the Church of England Liturgical Commission, and chief editor of the international journal, Srudla Liturgica. He is a former President of Societas Liturgica and of the North American Academy of Liturgy. Before he began to teach at Notre Dame in 1985, he was successively Director of Studies at Chichester Theological College, Course Director of the St Albans' Diocese Ministerial Tiaining Scheme, and Vice-Principal of Ripon College, Cuddesdon, Oxford. Dr Bradshaw has written or edited over twenty books and contributed more than seventy articles or essays. His major publications incllude Daily Prayer in the Early Church (SPCK, London 1981/Oxford University Press, New York 1982) and Ordination Rites of the Ancient Churches of East andWest (Pueblo, New York 1990). Together with the Jewish scholar Lawrence Hoffman, he has edited a series of books on Jewish and Christian liturgy, entitled Two Liturgical Tiaditions (University of Notre Dame Press, 1991-9), and he was one of the editors of the revised edition of The Study of Liturgy (SPCK, London/Oxford University Press, New York 1992). The first edition of The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship was translated into French in 1

995.

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The Search for the

Origins of Christian Worship Sources and Methods

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the

Study of Early Liturgy Second Edition

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Preface

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Shifting Scholarly Perspectives

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The Background of Early Christian Worship

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Worship in the New Testament

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Ancient Church Orders:A Continuing Enigma

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Other Major Liturgical Sources

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The Evolution of Eucharistic Rites

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Christian Initiation: A Study in Diversity

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Liturgy and Time

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Ministry and Ordination

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The Effects of the Coming of Christendom in the Fourth Century

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Postscript

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Index of Modern Authors

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Subject Index

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Bradshaw Paul F. The search for the origins of Christian worship : sources and methods for the study of early liturgy / Paul F. Bradshaw- Znd ed. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Alcuin Club Collection Alcuin/GROW Liturgical Study, Nottingham

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Bibliotheca'Ephemerides Liturgicae' Subsidia, Rome Brown Judaic Studies Common Era Ep hemerides Litur gicae Ecclesia Orans

English translation Grove Liturgical Study, Nottingham

Iournal of Biblical Literature Journal of Ecclesiastical History

QL QLP

Journal of Jewish Studies Jewish Quarterly Review Journal of Theological Studies New Testament Studies Novum Testamentum Orientalia Christiana Analecta, Rome O rientalia C hris tiana Perio dica Patrologia Orientalis, Paris Questions liturgiques Questions liturgiques et paroissiales

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Revue des sciences religieuses Sources chr6tiennes, Paris Scottish lournal of Theology

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