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Author Alikin, Valeriy A.

Title The earliest history of the Christian gathering : origin, development and content of the Christian gathering in the first to third centuries / by Valeriy A. Alikin
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010
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Series Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 0920-623X ; v. 102
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 102.
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
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
Notes Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Leiden University, 2009
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-321) and indexes
Notes This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
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Subject 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
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
SUBJECT Rome -- Religious life and customs
Subject Rome (Empire)
Genre/Form Comparative studies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019667973
ISBN 9789004190702
9004190708
9781282786868
1282786865