Easter in the Early Church
Subtitle: An Anthology of Jewish and Early Christian Texts
Contributors: Joseph T. Lienhard (Editor)
Edition: Subsequent edition
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: November 1993
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780814621646
Subjects: Easter; Religion; Early Church (To 476); Doctrinal Theology; Religion - Roman Catholic; Religion - Catholicism; Holidays - Easter; History of doctrines; Early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity - History - Catholic; Christianity - Ritual & Practice; Christian rites & ceremonies; Collections & anthologies of various literary forms; Early Church; Medieval & Scholastic philosophy; Religion - Classic Works; Sources; Christianity - History - General; Holidays - Easter & Lent
First sentence: There was a time in the life of the Church when Easter was, in a way, everything-not only because it commemorated the whole history of salvation from the creation to the parousia, without having to share it with any other festival, but also because certain essential elements of the community's life took shape in the course of its celebrating Easter over the years: the liturgy, for instance, but also typological exegesis, catechesis, theology, and even some of the canonical Scriptures.