 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
 | Russell R. Standish, Colin D. Standish - Religion - 2004 - 292 pages
...curriculum the pagan philosophy of Plato, was the first to report that — On the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together...apostles or the writings of the prophets are read. Justin Martyr, First Apology, \ 86 In this record Justin Martyr also stated that prayer and the distribution... | |
 | Stanley E. Porter - Religion - 2004 - 246 pages
..."on the day called Sunday there is a meeting in one place of those who live in cities or the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as time permits" (i Apologia 67.3, ECF, italics added). Koester observes that Justin does not use any previously established... | |
 | Duncan B. Forrester, James Ian H. McDonald, Gian Tellini - Religion - 2004 - 254 pages
...on the day called Sunday there is a meeting in one place of those who live in cities or the country, 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 president in a discourse urges and invites (us) to the imitation... | |
 | Edmund Henry Oliver - Political Science - 2004 - 208 pages
...on the so-called day of the Sun there is a meeting of all of us who live in cities or the country, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time allows. Then when the reader has ceased, the president gives by word of mouth his admonition and exhortation... | |
 | James A. Wallace - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 88 pages
...called Sunday we have a common assembly of all who live in the cities or in the outlying districts, and the memoirs of the Apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as there is time. . . ."* He goes on to describe the rest of the service, including preaching, prayers... | |
 | Thomson K. Mathew - 2004 - 254 pages
...is called Sunday, all who live in the cities or in the countryside gather together in one place. (2) The memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read as long as there is time. (3) Then, when the reader has finished, the president, in a discourse, admonishes and... | |
 | Robert P. Lockwood - Religion - 2004 - 312 pages
...and in the country gather together for a communal celebration. And then the memoirs of the Aposdes or the writings of the Prophets are read, as long as time permits. After the reader has finished his task, the one presiding gives an address, urgently admonishing his... | |
 | Philip Wesley Comfort - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2005 - 438 pages
...Martyr indicated that when all the believers would assemble on the Lord's Day for worship and communion, "the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the Prophets are read as long as time permits" (Apology 1 .67). Gamble reasoned that the practice of the liturgical reading of Scripture began in... | |
 | John R. Mabry - Religion - 2005 - 312 pages
...called the day of the Sun we have a common assembly of all who live in the cities or in the country, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as much as there is time for. Then, when the reader has finished, the one presiding provides, in a discourse,... | |
 | James Martin - Religion - 2010 - 122 pages
...that was about it. St. Justin Martyr (writing about mid-second-century Rome) tells us that on Sundays, "[T]he memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as much as there is time for. Then, when the reader has finished, the one presiding, provides, in a discourse,... | |
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