Symbols of God's Presence to the Church
Gerard S. Sloyan
Christian worship may be assumed to have been a matter of ritual from the start, because its roots in Temple worship, common festal meals, and baptismal practice Jesus John. New Testament witness forms is minimal, but development rites begins attested Didachē, Justin's First Apology, Hippolytus's references eucharist led by episkopoi. The mystēria/sacramenta were celebrated ritually West until reformers' emphasis on biblical word corresponding de-emphasis senses resulted triumph spirit over matter, intellect sight, sound, movement. In our day, former balance being restored as begin again engage whole person.
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