Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198269724)

The early Eucharist has usually been seen as sacramental eating of token bread and wine in careful or even slavish imitation of Jesus and his earliest disciples. In fact, the evidence suggests great diversity in conduct, including the use of foods, in the first few hundred years. This study describes and discusses these practices fully for the first time, and provides important new insights into the liturgical and social history of early Christianity.

Author: Andrew McGowan
ISBN-10: 0198269722
ISBN-13: 9780198269724
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Language: English
Published: 07/29/1999
Pages: 328
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.88d