At the Lighting of the Lamps - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9781498240468ISBN-10:1498240461UPC:9781498240468Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Rituals & Practice, Christian Living, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Worship & Liturgy, Spiritual GrowthSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCD0398J4R
At the Lighting of the Lamps
The Christians, from the very outset, committed their theology and prayer to the form of the song. The hymnal elements in the New Testament are among the earliest of all strands, some of them composed within a decade of the death of Jesus. From the third century onwards it was their custom to light the lamps of the house when dusk fell, and sing a hymn, for the onset of evening marked the new...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wipf & Stock PublishersISBN-13:9781498240468ISBN-10:1498240461UPC:9781498240468Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Rituals & Practice, Christian Living, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Worship & Liturgy, Spiritual GrowthSize:8.50 x 5.50 x 0.31 inchesWeight:0.6415Product ID:SCD0398J4R
John Anthony McGuckin is an Archpriest of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He is the Nielsen Professor of Early Church History at Union Theological Seminary and the Professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and author of many books of Early and Byzantine Christian culture, as well as several volumes of translations of...
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