An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical pat

The particular excitement of this volume lies in its focus on the everyday realities of Christians' lives in the era of Christian ascendancy and Roman decline.

Examines the nature of the changes that transformed the Christian world from the fourth to the end of the sixth century.

of the Pope." --Book Jacket.

Original Scholarly Monograph