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"The selections recapture the drama and counter-cultural nature
of becoming a Christian and creating a community that stood out
from the crowd...This collection offers easy access to early
Christianity's daily life."
-- "The Princeton Seminary Bulletin"
Life and Practice in the Early Church brings together a range of
primary texts from the church's first five centuries to demonstrate
how early Christians practiced their faith. Rather than focusing on
theology, these original documents shed light on how early
believers "did church," addressing such practical questions as, how
did the church administer baptism? How were sermons delivered? How
did the early church carry out its missions endeavors?
Early Christian writings reveal a great deal about the
tradition, as well as the wider culture in which it developed. Far
from being monolithic, the documents which present the voices of
the early church fathers in their own words demonstrate variation
and diversity regarding how faith was worked out during the
patristic period. The texts illuminate who was eligible for
baptism, what was expected of worshippers, how the Eucharist was
celebrated, and how church offices and their functions were
organized. Contextual introductions explain practices and their
development for those with little prior knowledge of Christian
history or tradition. The pieces included here, all in accessible
English translation, represent such sources as Justin Martyr,
Tertullian, the Cappadocians, Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom,
and Augustine.
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