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Resources in the Ancient Church for Today's Worship: Lecciones del culto antiguo para la iglesia de hoy

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There is much that the church today can learn from the worship of the early church, particularly in the second century. This was a time when increasing numbers of gentiles were coming to the church with little or no previous knowledge of the Judeo-Christian tradition. How did the church train and instruct those who wished to join it? How did its worship, particularly in baptism and in communion, respond to the challenge of shaping and nurturing believers who would have to live their faith in a hostile environment? Today the church begins to face similar conditions. Growing numbers around us have little or no idea what our faith is all about. As such people seek membership in the church, and as we all seek ways to be faithful in the present environment, we have much to learn from the church in those earlier times, and particularly from its worship.
La iglesia de hoy tiene mucho que aprender del culto de la iglesia antigua, particularmente de la iglesia durante el siglo segundo. En aquel tiempo cada vez eran más los gentiles se acercaban a la iglesia sin saber mucho de la tradición judeo-cristiana. ¿Cómo era que la iglesia instruía y adiestraba a quienes deseaban unirse a ella? ¿En qué modos el culto de la iglesia respondía al reto de formar y nutrir a aquellos creyentes que tendrían que vivir en un ambiente hostil? Hoy la iglesia se enfrenta a retos semejantes. Cada vez son más nuestros contemporáneos que saben bien poco acerca de la fe cristiana. Cuando tales personas piden unirse a la iglesia, y cuando nosotros mismos buscamos cómo ser fieles en el ambiente de hoy, la iglesia de aquellos tiempos tiene mucho que enseñarnos, particularmente en lo que se refiere al culto.

288 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 16, 2014

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November 14, 2022
Súper accesible y de seguimiento fácil.

Arroja muchísima información y datos históricos, verificables.

Recomendado para pastores y líderes eclesiásticos que estén interesados en aprender sobre cómo el culto cristiano inició y fue cambiando a lo largo de estos más de dos mil años de cristianismo.

Un reto para detenerse y analizar prácticas del culto que quizá no tengan un fundamento ni histórico, ni bíblico.
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October 16, 2014
Very well articulated, brief look at some of the early liturgical practices of the church. At times it is somewhat unclear which generation of believers González is referring to, but that doesn't detract from the purpose of the text. It serves as a great retrospective, which I think would benefit any Xian who picked it up. González does throw in a bit of her own ideology concerning worship and preaching, but she is not too strident. Overall, a good worthwhile read.
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