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Exploring the Evolution of the Lord's Supper in the New Testament (Exploring Scripture Series)
John M. Perry
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Description for Exploring the Evolution of the Lord's Supper in the New Testament (Exploring Scripture Series)
Paperback. Tradition has assumed that the Lord's Supper was 'instituted' by Jesus on the night of Holy Thursday as a memorial of his impending death on Good Friday. Num Pages: 138 pages. BIC Classification: HRCA; HRCC7; HRCG1; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 181.
Tradition has assumed that the Lord's Supper was "instituted" by Jesus on the night of Holy Thursday as a memorial of his impending death on Good Friday. Recent scholarship tells us, however, that this assumption must be carefully qualified. The way in which Jesus taught the church to celebrate his Supper was actually far more complex. This investigation reveals that the earliest celebrations of the Lord's Supper were memorials of Jesus' Resurrection, not his death. Only later, because of an urgent pastoral problem, did the early church decide to join the memory of Jesus' death to her original celebration ... Read more
Tradition has assumed that the Lord's Supper was "instituted" by Jesus on the night of Holy Thursday as a memorial of his impending death on Good Friday. Recent scholarship tells us, however, that this assumption must be carefully qualified. The way in which Jesus taught the church to celebrate his Supper was actually far more complex. This investigation reveals that the earliest celebrations of the Lord's Supper were memorials of Jesus' Resurrection, not his death. Only later, because of an urgent pastoral problem, did the early church decide to join the memory of Jesus' death to her original celebration ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
Number of Pages
138
Place of Publication
Kansas City, United States
ISBN
9781556127212
SKU
V9781556127212
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99-15
About John M. Perry
John Michael Perry is a professor of Religious Studies at Stritch College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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