The earliest history of the Christian gathering : origin, development and content of the Christian gathering in the first to third centuries /

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Using recent insights into the nature of early Christian communities as religious associations, this book offers a new reconstruction of the origins and development of the weekly Christian gathering and its constitutive elements; based on an analysis of all available evidence from the first three ce...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Alikin, Valeriy A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 102.
Subjects:
30-600
Religious gatherings > Christianity > History.
Worship > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Lord's Supper > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Agape > History.
Sacred meals > Rome > Comparative studies.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Religious gatherings > Rome > Comparative studies.
Assemblées religieuses > Christianisme > Histoire.
Cultes > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Eucharistie > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Agape > Histoire.
Repas sacrés > Rome > Études comparatives.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Assemblées religieuses > Rome > Études comparatives.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Religious gatherings > Christianity
Agape
Church history > Primitive and early church
Lord's Supper > Early church
Religious gatherings
Sacred meals
Worship > Early church
Rome > Religious life and customs.
Rome (Empire)
Comparative studies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The origin of the weekly gathering in the early church
  • The gatherings of Christians in the morning
  • The Lord's Supper in the early church
  • The reading of Scripture in the gathering of the early church
  • Preaching in the gathering of the early church
  • Singing and prayer in the gathering of the early church
  • Other ritual actions in the gatherings of the early church
  • General conclusions.

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