Earliest History of the Christian Gathering : Origin, Development and Content of the Christian Gathering in the First to Third Centuries / Valeriy A. Alikin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alikin, Valeriy A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Church history.

Religious gatherings--Christianity.

Religious gatherings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2010.

Summary:

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 centuries.

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.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9786612786860

9789004190702

9004190708

9781282786868

1282786865