Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources, vol. 1 is part of a four-volume collection of excerpts from early Christian writings illustrating the Church’s liturgical practice in both East and West, from its Jewish beginnings through the end of the sixth century. Source material for the collection includes doctrinal and historical treatises, scriptural commentaries, sermons, letters, synodal legislation, early church orders, monastic rules, and baptismal and funeral epigrams. Each author or major selection is preceded by a short introduction containing such information as dates, country of origin, and various other background details. A bibliography of pertinent periodical and liturgical literature is given, as well as a bibliography referencing standard encyclopedias of religion and manuals of patrology.
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“There are two ways: one is the way of life; the other is that of death.” (Page 34)
“ no longer observing the Sabbath but the Lord’s Day, the day when our life was raised up by him and by his death” (Page 50)
“ you are not to kill a baby by an abortion or kill it after birth.” (Page 34)
“The qaddish (kaddish), a term deriving from the Aramaic word qadosh, meaning ‘holy,’ is a prayer of sanctification whereby God’s holiness is proclaimed, his power is praised, and his consolation and peace are requested.” (Page 1) |
“They abstain from the Eucharist and from prayer because they do not confess that the Eucharist is the flesh of our Savior Jesus Christ,1 the flesh which suffered for our sins and which the Father in his goodness has raised from the dead. And so those who refuse the ‘gift of God’2 die in their disputes.” (Page 51)
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