Product Description: Christian interpreters in all ages have sought a clue to the New Testament Book of Revelation. In this study, Massey H. Shepherd offers a new approach to the basic structure of the Book. He surveys the development of Paschal rites and customs of the ancient Church, from apostolic times to the end of the age of persecution, as a background and context for understanding the outline and basic theme of Revelation...read more

A classic reference work for anyone interested in the subject of liturgy and worship. It contains over 800 entries and covers all the Christian centuries from an ecumenical point of view. An indispensable tool for all students and anyone interested in the history and practice of Christian liturgy.

short description: "This book is an essay in 'liturgical theology'," writes Max Thurian. "It is in fact a study in biblical theology which seeks to provide a firm basis for the eucharistic liturgy in the great Judaeo-Christian tradition represented by the Scriptures."

Product Description: What did the early Christians wear' What did they eat' What did they talk about over the dinner table' What recreations did they enjoy' These are among the questions answered in this study, which reveals the social background to the first five hundred years of the Church's development, through six vividly recounted, biographical portraits...read more

Product Description: This important study in biblical theology seeks to provide a firm basis for the liturgy of the Eucharist in the Judaeo-Christian tradition represented by the Scriptures. Thurian turns to a study of the Scriptural meaning of the Eucharistic memorial as seen in the Old and New testaments...read more

Gathers information about theological terms, churches, altars, and vestments, worship concepts, the rituals of various sects, marriage and baptism, and religious holidays and television programs

Product Description: Book by Davies, John Gordon

Product Description: Book by Davies, John Gordon