The Christian year : its purpose and its history
ATLA monograph preservation program, ATLA fiche 1988-1231
xiv, 143 pages ; 20 cm
9780790552316, 0790552310
181915771
Introduction
Chapter I: Why the church has a Christian year
Chapter II: Puritan objectives
Chapter III: The church year a growth
Chapter IV: The ritual year of the church of Israel
Chapter V: The Jewish year and the apostolic church
Chapter VI: The beginnings of the Christian year in the apostolic church
Chapter VII: The value of custom and tradition in the church
Chapter VIII: The church calendar and its use
Chapter IX: Technical words in the calendar
Chapter X: The beginning of the church year: Advent and Christmas
Chapter XI: Other immovable feasts of our Lord
Chapter XII: The movable feasts: Easter and Ascension
Chapter XIII: Other movable feasts: Whitsunday and trinity
Chapter XIV: The Saints' days
Chapter XV: The feast of S. Michael and all angels
Chapter XVI: The feast of all saints
Chapter XVII: The black-letter days
Chapter XVIII. The fasts of the Christian year
Chapter XIX: Lent and pre-Lent
Chapter XX: Holy week
Chapter XXI: Good Friday and Easter even
Chapter XXII: Other days of fasting
XXIII: Variations and revisions of calendars
Microfiche, Evanston, American Theological Library Association, 1990, 1 microfiche. High reduction. Silver based film, (ATLA monograph preservation program ; ATLA fiche 1988-1231)