Etienne Nodet and Justin Taylor investigate the character of the early Christian community by looking at the origins of baptism and the Eucharist and the links between them. A fundamental work on the initiation sacraments, "The Origins of Christianity" focuses on the Essenes at the time that this tradition-bound culture came in contact with the Gentiles. The result was a profound change that transformed a sect into a church.
Christianity has always possessed two basic rites which complement one another, baptism and the Eucharist, the one giving admission to the other. The Origins of Christianity investigates the character of the early Christian community by looking into the origin of these two institutions. Its originality consists in regarding them as linked together. The result can be stated simply: Christianity emerged from among the Essenes, for whom baptism confirmed a process of initiation, and whose essential action as a community was an eschatological meal, principally of bread and wine. Within this marginal culture a profound transformation came about, the decisive moment of which was contact with the Gentiles.
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ORIGINS OF CHRISTIANITY
Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Product Weight: 1.54 lbs
Author: Nodet, Etienne
Author: Taylor, Justin
Publication Date: 1999-02-01
Language: English
Publisher: LITURGICAL PR
Dewey Decimal Classification: 270.1
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780814658628
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