296 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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Whether measured by the period during which it has been celebrated, the frequency with which it has been held, or the cumulatively vast numbers of people who have participated in it, the Eucharist has been central to Western life. The book explains how it developed during the first thousand years, from the time of its inauguration by Christ at the Last Supper to the beginning of the great schism... Read more
Introduction, 1. The Earliest Eucharists, 2. The Eucharist in a Christian Society, 3. The Sacrifice of the Mass and the Worship Of Heaven, 4. The Laity, 5. Women and Children, 6. Anxiety and Scepticism, 7. From Reality to Symbol,List of Abbreviations, Bibliography.
Biography
John Moorhead is Professor Emeritus at the University of Queensland. His books include Gregory the Great (2005) and The Popes and the Church of Rome in Late Antiquity (2015).
