The earliest history of the Christian gathering: origin, development, and content of the Christian gathering in the first to third centuries
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...
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. Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. A new approach to the study of the early Christian gathering -- 2. A brief survey of previous research -- 3. The present study -- Chapter One The Origin of the Weekly Gathering in the Early Church -- Introduction -- 1. The early Christian gatherings in the context of Graeco-Roman culture -- a. Gatherings of voluntary associations -- b. Gatherings of pagan cult associations -- c. Gatherings of Jewish associations -- d. Gatherings of Christian communities -- 2. Time and place of the gatherings of the early Church -- a. The Sunday as the day for Christian community gatherings -- b. The meeting places of the early Christians -- 3. Content and order of the community gatherings in the early Church -- a. The suppers of early Christian communities -- b. Christian symposia -- c. The order of the Christian gathering -- 4. The leaders of the gatherings in the early Church -- Conclusions -- Chapter Two The Gatherings of Christians in the Morning -- Introduction -- 1. The origin of the Christian gathering in the morning -- 2. The morning gatherings in the second and third centuries -- Conclusions -- Chapter Three The Lord's Supper in the Early Church -- Introduction -- 1. The earliest history of the Lord's Supper -- a. The shape and function of the Lord's Supper -- b. The Lord's Supper and the Eucharist in Paul and the Didache -- 2. The Last Supper of Jesus and the Lord's Supper -- a. The origin and function of the Last Supper tradition -- b. The Lord's Supper in the Gospel tradition -- 3. The Eucharist in the second and third centuries -- a. The Eucharist in the second century -- b. The Eucharist in the third century -- Conclusions -- Chapter Four The Reading of Scripture in the Gathering of the Early Church -- Introduction -- 1. The origin of Scripture reading in the Christian gathering. |
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ISBN: | 9004190708 |