Ancient Christian Worship
Title | Ancient Christian Worship PDF eBook |
Author | Andrew B. McGowan |
Publisher | Baker Academic |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 2014-09-30 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441246312 |
An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Now in paper.
At the Origins of Christian Worship
Title | At the Origins of Christian Worship PDF eBook |
Author | Larry W. Hurtado |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 154 |
Release | 2000-09-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802847492 |
"At the Origins of Christian Worship" can deepen readers' understanding of early Christian worship by setting it within the context of the Roman world in which it developed. Hurtado highlights the two central characteristics of earliest Christian worship: its exclusive rejection of the ancient-world gods and its inclusion of Christ with God as the focus of devotion.
Worship in the Early Church
Title | Worship in the Early Church PDF eBook |
Author | Ralph P. Martin |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 1974 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780802816139 |
Refers to New Testament teachings while delineating the nature of early Christian worship of God. Bibliogs.
Worship in the Early Church
Title | Worship in the Early Church PDF eBook |
Author | Lawrence J. Johnson |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780814661970 |
Volume 1: Jewish prayers from table and synagogue; Subapostolic Era: the Didache, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor Hermas; Second Century: Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, Melito of Sardis; Third Century: Tertullian, Cyprian of Carthage, Hippolytus of Rome, the Didascalia of the Apostles, Origen, the Apostolic Church Order; and others.
Praying and Believing in Early Christianity
Title | Praying and Believing in Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Maxwell E. Johnson |
Publisher | Liturgical Press |
Pages | 169 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0814682596 |
What was the impact of liturgy on the development of orthodox doctrine in the early Christian church? With renowned liturgical historian Maxwell E. Johnson as a guide, readers of Praying and Believing in Early Christianity will discover the important and sometimes surprising ways that worship helped to shape what was believed, taught, and confessed. In particular, Johnson considers this relationship in terms of soteriology: What is the role of grace in the process of salvation? Trinity: How did early devotion to Christ and the church's baptismal and eucharistic liturgies help shape the developing doctrine of the Trinity? Christ and Mary: What does the devotional and liturgical term theotokos say about them both? ethics: How does the liturgy contribute not only to doctrine but also to convictions about morality? Johnson also explores the ways this relationship worked in the opposite direction: How did doctrinal developments shape liturgical texts in the patristic period? This is an excellent text for beginning students in liturgical studies at the master's level.
Ancient-Future Worship (Ancient-Future)
Title | Ancient-Future Worship (Ancient-Future) PDF eBook |
Author | Robert E. Webber |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2008-04-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441200681 |
With the many models of worship available, choosing a style to worship God can be a bit overwhelming. Is it better to go with traditional or contemporary models? Christians may find themselves asking how early believers worshiped and whether they can provide insight into how we should praise God today. Rooted in historical models and patristic church studies, Ancient-Future Worship examines how early Christian worship models can be applied to the postmodern church. Pastors and church leaders, as well as younger evangelical and emerging church groups, will find this last book in the respected Ancient-Future series an invaluable resource for authentic worship.
The Oxford History of Christian Worship
Title | The Oxford History of Christian Worship PDF eBook |
Author | Geoffrey Wainwright |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 937 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0195138864 |
"The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history, lavishly illustrated, of the origins and development of Christian worship up to the present day. Following contemporary methods in scholarship, it attends to social and cultural contexts and examines the worship traditions from both Eastern and Western Christianity, ancient and modern. It offers a chronological account, while encompassing spatial and confessional variations, from Baptists in Britain to Roman Catholics in Mexico, from Orthodox in Ethiopia to Pentecostals in the United States, from Lutheran and Reformed in Europe to united churches in India and Australia. The material details of Christian worship, such as music, architecture, and the visual arts, are considered within specific cultural contexts throughout the volume as well as studied thematically in individual chapters."--BOOK JACKET.