 And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the overseer verbally...  Traditional Festivals [2 Volumes]: A Multicultural Encyclopediaby Christian Roy - 2005 - 548 pagesNo preview available - About this book
 | Clayton J. Schmit - Religion - 2002 - 180 pages
...day which is called the Sun's Day there is an assembly of all who live in the towns or the country and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read for as long as there is time" (Apologia I, 67). 32 A practice firmly established in the history of... | |
 | John Randolph Willis - Religion - 2002 - 534 pages
...antiquity. ST. JUSTIN MARTYR And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the coun- 30 try gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or (129) the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits . . . FIRST APOLOGY, Chap. 67... | |
 | Jeremy Driscoll - Lord's Supper - 2003 - 256 pages
...part, he says, "On the day called Sunday all who live in cities or in the country gather together in one place, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the...as long as time permits. Then when the reader has finished, the Ruler in a discourse instructs and exhorts to the imitation of these good things." M8... | |
 | Robert Louis Wilken - Religion - 2003 - 406 pages
...the second century: On the day called Sunday all who live in the cities or in the country gather at one place and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings...of the prophets are read as long as time permits. When the reader has finished, the one who is presiding instructs us in a brief discourse and exhorts... | |
 | John Christopher Thomas - Religion - 2003 - 310 pages
...the day called Sunday there is a meeting in one place of those who live in the cities or the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time permits.' that titles were given to the individual works at the time they were collected in the community. At... | |
 | Jean-Marie Auwers, H. J. de Jonge - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2003 - 828 pages
...occurs in Justin's account of what takes place in his own day in the Sunday gathering of Christians. "The memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits" (67,3 uexpi^ SyxwpeT). This is the earliest extant reference to the reading of "the Gospels" in the... | |
 | George W. E. Nickelsburg - Religion - 2003 - 288 pages
...Christianity, see Massey H. Shepherd, "Agape," 1DB 1:53-54. 85. According to Justin ( / Apol. 67), "the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as time permits," after which the president exhorts and encourages the group to imitate these things.... | |
 | Whitney Shiner - Religion - 2003 - 239 pages
...much more extensive than in most modern worship services. Justin states that on Sunday assemblies, "the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read for as long as time permits."82 Hippolytus indicates that Scripture was read at the beginning of the... | |
 | Paul F. Bradshaw - Religion - 2002 - 524 pages
...celebration of the *eucharist. Our earliest detailed witness, Justin, Apol. 1.67, informs us that ' the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read for as long as time permits. When the reader has finished, the president urges and invites [us] to... | |
 | James A. Fischer - Religion - 2004 - 174 pages
...foundjtion.il story and from the words of the Eucharist at the consecration: And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together...writings of the prophets are read, as long as time perinits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhoets to the imitation... | |
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