Aspects of the Liturgical Year in Cappadocia (325-430)

Download or read book Aspects of the Liturgical Year in Cappadocia (325-430) written by Jill Burnett Comings and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2005 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth century was pivotal in the evolution of the feasts and fasts of late antique Christian communities. While earlier scholars have focused on developments in Jerusalem, Rome, and the Gallican West, the liturgical year in Cappadocia remains largely uncharted territory. Aspects of the Liturgical Year in Cappadocia (325 to 430) fills that gap, relying primarily on the liturgical year homilies of the Cappadocian Fathers in order to provide for the first time a comprehensive study of liturgical calendars from Cappadocia and environs during the period between the Councils of Nicaea and Ephesus. This volume is a valuable resource for students of liturgical time, the Cappadocians, and fourth-century doctrinal controversies.