Bradshaw, Paul F.

Reconstructing early Christian worship / Paul F. Bradshaw. - Collegeville, Minn. : Liturgical Press, 2010. - viii, 151 p. ; 21 cm.

"A Pueblo book." "First published in 2009 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Did Jesus institute the Eucharist at the Last Supper? -- Receiving communion -- The earliest eucharistic prayers? -- Catechumens and the gospel -- The profession of faith -- Varieties of anointing -- Patterns of daily praying -- The changing role of psalmody -- The emergence of penitential prayer.

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Worship--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Liturgies, Early Christian--History and criticism.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.