Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: Volumes I-II

ISBN-13: 9781780768038 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016

Smith William and Ch; Samuel Cheetham

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A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities provides a detailed and comprehensive account of all aspects of the early Christian Church. Remarkable in their range and depth of scholarship, the volumes cover the organisation and history of the church, its legislation and revenues; church worship and ceremonial; music, vestments, objects and insignia; sacred places and symbolism; saints and ecclesiastical figures; church architecture; church art; graves, catacombs and tombs; and the religious calendar. Many of the entries are major essays by key figures. Uniquely, full reference is given to original sources. With a new introduction by leading authority on the history of Christianity, Michael Ledger-Lomas, these impressive volumes form a unique and valuable resource.

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Selected contents Adultery; Agnus Dei; African Councils; Alexandria; Alms; Altar; Angels and Archangels; Apostasy; Benedictine Rules and Order; Bishops; Body; Catacombs; Chalice; Chapel; Church; Holy Communion; Christmas; Commerce; Contract of Marriage; Creed; Cross; Crucifix`; Demonic Healing; Digamy; Easter; Eucharist; Excommunication; Epiphany; Fasting; Frescoes; Galleries; Gladiators; Glass; Gospels; Hair; Hermits; Holy Water; Hospitals; Hours of Prayer; Images; Privileges of the Clergy; Inscriptions; St James the Greater; St James the Lesser; Representations of Jesus; John the Baptist; Kiss; Labarum; Laity; Lamps; Law; Lectionary; Lent; Ceremonial Use of Lights; Libraries; Litany; Liturgy; Magi; Martyr; Martyrology; Maximus; Metropolitan; Michael the Archangel; Military Service; Miniatures; Missa; Money; Mosaics; Music; Names; Council of Nicaea; Novice; Nuns; Oaths; Oblations; Obsequies of the Dead; Oeconomus; Divine Office; Old Testament; Oranti; Ordeal; Holy Orders; Ordination; Paganism; Parish; Pastoral Staffs; Patron Saints; Penitence; Pilgrimage; Pope; Priest; Property of the Church; Prophecy; Psalmody; Reconciliation; Reliquary; Rings; Sacrifice; Ritual Use of Salt; Right of Sanctuary; Satan; Schools; Christian Sculpture; Holy Sepulchre; St Stephen; Slavery; Stole; Symbolism; Theatre; Councils of Toledo; Tombs; Unction; Usury; Virgins; Whipping; Wills; Women; Wonders; Ecclesiastical Year; Zabulus; Zenobius; Council of Zeugma