The Origins of the Liturgical Year

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Contents Preface Abbreviations Part One. Pascha, the Center of the Liturgical Year 1.PASSOVER IN THE FIRST CENTURY 2.THE QUARTODECIMAN PASCHA 3.THE CHRISTIAN WEEK AND THE SUNDAY PASCHA 4.THE PASCHAL CONTROVERSY 5.THE PASCHAL FAST 6. THE LITURGY OF PASCHA BEFORE NICEA 7.PASCHAL BAPTISM 8.THE LITURGY AT JERUSALEM IN THE FOURTH CENTURY 9.THE SETTING OF THE JERUSALEM LITURGY 10.GREAT WEEK AT JERUSALEM 11.THE PASCHAL VIGIL AND ITS LATER DEVELOPMENT 12.EASTER WEEK 13.PENTECOST 14.THE FORTIETH DAY OF THE ASCENSION NOTES Part Two. The Day of His Coming 1.CREATION AND FINAL REDEMPTION IN JEWISH FESTIVAL 2.EXPECTATION OF THE PAROUSIA IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY 3.THE EARLIEST EVIDENCE FOR CHRISTMAS 4.CHRISTMAS AND THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS 5.THE COMPUTATION OF THE NATIVITY FROM THE PASSION 6.SOLAR SYMBOLISM AT CHRISTMAS 7.SOLAR FESTIVALS IN EGYPT 8.THE JULIAN AND EGYPTIAN CALENDARS 9.THE DRAWING OF WATER ON JANUARY 6 10.JANUARY 6 AS THE DATE OF JESUS' BIRTH 11.THE BAPTISM OF JESUS ON JANUARY 6 12.THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR 13.THE ADOPTION OF CHRISTMASIN THE EASTERN CHURCHES 14.EPIPHANY IN THE WEST 15.THE PREPARATORY FAST NOTES Part Three. The Process of Conversion 1. EARLY CATECHESIS 2.THE PREPASCHAL QUARANTINE IN THE FOURTH CENTURY 3.LENTEN CATECHESIS AT JERUSALEM 4.LAZARUS SATURDAY AND PALM SUNDAY AT JERUSALEM 5.LENT AT CONSTANTINOPLE 6.THE ASSOCIATION OF LENTWITH THE FAST OF JESUS 7.A PREBAPTISMAL FASTOF FORTY DAYS IN ALEXANDRIA 8.THE DAY ON WHICH JESUS BAPTIZED AND THE SATURDAY OF LAZARUS 9.THE RECKONING OF THE FORTY DAYS BEFORE EASTER 10.LENT AND PENITENCE NOTES Conclusions and Prospects Bibliography Acknowledgements Index