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The earliest history of the Christian gathering : origin, development and content of the Christian gathering in the first to third centuries /

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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 ce...

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Main Author: Alikin, Valeriy A.
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae ; v. 102.
Subjects:
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.
Rome > Religious life and customs.
Agape.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Lord's Supper > Early church.
Religious gatherings.
Sacred meals.
Worship > Early church.
Rome (Empire)
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
30-600
Electronic books.
Comparative studies.
History.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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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.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Leiden University, 2009.
Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource(xvii, 342 pages).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-321) and indexes.
ISBN:9789004190702
9004190708
9781282786868
1282786865
ISSN:0920-623X ;