The Search For The Origins Of Christian Worship

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

It is tempting to assume that the worship practices of the earliest churches are reflected in the more developed liturgical traditions that emerged in the fourth century. A resulting view has been that Christian celebration has exhibited essentially the same shape since the apostolic period. This entry challenges that assumption and suggests that the most ancient forms of Christian worship were not uniform but quite diverse.

The basic problem we encounter in the search for the origins of...

 

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