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At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion

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Outline : This book, which is based on the 1999 Didsbury Lecture, is a valuable contribution to the debate about the origins and development of the religious beliefs of the earliest Christians. Larry Hurtado argues that to understand the nature of Christianity at this time we must take full account of their devotional practices as this is the context where christological titles and other expressions of faith were given their specific meaning, a fact that has largely been ignored.
This study focuses on two distinguishing features of earliest Christian worship - its exclusivity (rejecting the worship of other deities) and its "binitarian" shape (the veneration of Christ alongside God the Father). Setting early Christianity in the context of the religious environment of the Roman era, Larry Hurtado describes the features of Christianity that attracted its followers and made them renounce other religions. He then turns his attention to a more detailed discussion of the place of Christ in the monotheistic worship of the earliest Christians, arguing that Christ figured in their public and corporate devotional life at a surprisingly early stage.
The book concludes with some reflections for Christian worship today, based on the historical characteristics of early Christian devotional practices.

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No. Panggil

264.2 H93a

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Cumbria, United Kingdom : Paternoster Press., 1999

Deskripsi Fisik

138 hal

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

0-85364-992-8

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264.2

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