The History And Theology Of The Christian Year
Regulating the life of the church today by the Christian calendar is no easy task. Life-long habits need to be reoriented to this way of marking time. If churches are to accomplish this task, worship leaders and planners must learn a great deal about the history and theology that have shaped the Christian calendar. The great benefit of the Christian year is that the worshiping church is able to follow a rich and meaningful way of orienting its life around the work of Jesus Christ. As shown in this section, studying the history and theology of the Christian year can only help the church do justice to the profound implications of each aspect of Jesus' life.…
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Chapters & Articles in The History And Theology Of The Christian Year (8)
The Christian celebrates the saving events of God in Jesus Christ by marking those particular events in which God's…
Many churches that have rejected the practice of the Christian year follow the secular way of marking time. This ar…
In the first centuries a. d. the cycle of Christian time grew out of the conviction that all time finds its meaning…
The resurrection of the crucified Christ is the point on which the weekly and annual cycles of the Christian calend…
The way Christians keep time is a way of remembering. In communal worship we remember and celebrate the events that…
Throughout the past generation, worship leaders and planners from many traditions have been working toward a consen…
Colors of the various seasons of the Christian year express the mood or feeling of the season. The following outlin…
The anthology of songs for each season of the Christian year is a compilation of traditional hymns, gospel songs, p…