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Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (Oxford Early Christian Studies)
Ascetic Eucharists Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals - Oxford Early Christian Studies
Author: Andrew McGowan
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 f...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780198269724
ISBN-10: 0198269722
Publication Date: 6/30/1999
Pages: 312
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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