Foot Washing in the Church of Hippo: Augustine as an Interpreter of a Liturgical Practice
One of the matters on which the layman Januarius questioned Augustine was on differences regarding the celebration of the foot washing in various churches. Augustine, unwilling to accept the assumptions of his questioner’s ecclesiology, defends the practice - in all its variety - as a useful means o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pubblicazioni Agostiniane
2023
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Augustinianum
Year: 2023, Volume: 63, Issue: 1, Pages: 239-251 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity RC Liturgy RF Christian education; catechetics |
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| Summary: | One of the matters on which the layman Januarius questioned Augustine was on differences regarding the celebration of the foot washing in various churches. Augustine, unwilling to accept the assumptions of his questioner’s ecclesiology, defends the practice - in all its variety - as a useful means of communication of the gospel. The exchange allows us to see aspects of Augustine’s view of both liturgy and catechesis using a very precise screen. This, in turn, reminds modern scholarship of just how little we know about the north African liturgy. |
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| ISSN: | 2162-6499 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Augustinianum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5840/agstm20236319 |