The Calendar: Sanctification of Time
The roots of the western calendar reflect both Christianity's links with the societies of the ancient Mediterranean word and its own specific theology and early history. The development of the calendar, the author shows, reveals a similar inter of pre-Christian and Christfan elements, as the Ch...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage
2001
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Irish theological quarterly
Year: 2001, Volume: 66, Issue: 2, Pages: 99-107 |
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Summary: | The roots of the western calendar reflect both Christianity's links with the societies of the ancient Mediterranean word and its own specific theology and early history. The development of the calendar, the author shows, reveals a similar inter of pre-Christian and Christfan elements, as the Church sought not just to order but to sanctify human time. |
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ISSN: | 1752-4989 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Irish theological quarterly
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/002114000106600201 |