Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals

ISBN-13: 9780198269724 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 328 str.

Andrew Brian McGowan

Opis

The early Eucharist has usually been seen as sacramental eating of token bread and wine in careful or even slavish imitation of Jesus and his earliest disciples. In fact, the evidence suggests great diversity in conduct, including the use of foods, in the first few hundred years. This study describes and discusses these practices fully for the first time, and provides important new insights into the liturgical and social history of early Christianity.

Recenzje

It is difficult to write a review on an almost perfect book...the book raises excitement for the study of early Christianity...for its excellent schlarship, the book is recommended for students/scholars in early Christianity, in Christian symbolism and in Christian liturgy.