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Apr 21, 2021 · We should not think that the early Christians were antiliturgical in their worship gatherings.” — In the Shadow of the Temple: Jewish Influences on Early Christianity (InterVarsity Press, 2002), 125. So as we read the New Testament, it’s vital to keep in mind that the first Christ-followers did not immediately cease to be Jewish.
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Early Church Fathers Profile: Saint Irenaeus of Lyons. By...
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Little-known or remarkable facts about worship in the early church. The first part of an early Christian worship assembly was open to all, including strangers, who might be converted by the ...
Dec 3, 2019 · These Christians forsook the worship of idols and chose to worship God the Father, the Lord Jesus, and the Holy Spirit as one God. In John 10:30, Jesus proclaims, “I and the Father are one.”. The apostle Paul also addresses how the worship of Jesus and God is monotheistic. 1 Corinthians 8:5-6 states, “For even if there are so-called gods ...
May 26, 2006 · In his First Apology (155 a.d.), the second-century Christian philosopher and apologist Justin Martyr wrote a fascinating account of Christian worship and beliefs. Originally addressed to the ...
The great German scholar Johannes Weiss called the worship of Christ ‘the most significant step of all in the history of the origins of Christianity’. 1 The American scholar David Aune has written, ‘Perhaps the single most important historical development within the early church was the rise of the cultic worship of the exalted Jesus within the primitive Palestinian church.’ 2 In this ...
The Early Church. c. 30 Distinctives of “Jesus People” in Jerusalem include daily temple worship, prayers, apostles’ teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, baptism. c. 33 First “deacons ...
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May 22, 2020 · From the Apology of Tertullian (AD 197) One of the most lively early church scholars was Tertullian, the North African who lived from around AD 160-225. He commended the Christian faith to the pagan world. In this excerpt we get priceless insight into the practices of early Christian worship, discipline, leadership selection, and financial giving.