The Christian Calendar

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The Christian Calendar
L. W. Cowie and John Selwyn Gümmer
The greatest story ever told—the bir±, life, and death of Jesus—has been enshrined over the centuries in the Liturgical Year of the Christian Church. Moments of joy—the Annunciation, Visitation, and the Nativity itself—progress to the sorrows of Passiontide and the Crucifixion and finally to the glory of the Resurrection and Ascension. The stories and miracles which are part of church lore—the coming of the Wise Men, the Transfiguration, the rejoicings of Palm Sunday—are reflected in special festivals and feast days, as are the most important events in the lives of the Virgin and the Saints.
The Christian Calendar is a comprehensive record which can be followed devotionally by Christians of all denominations or historically by those who wish for a deeper insight into the rituals which... Tovább

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The Christian Calendar
L. W. Cowie and John Selwyn Gümmer
The greatest story ever told—the bir±, life, and death of Jesus—has been enshrined over the centuries in the Liturgical Year of the Christian Church. Moments of joy—the Annunciation, Visitation, and the Nativity itself—progress to the sorrows of Passiontide and the Crucifixion and finally to the glory of the Resurrection and Ascension. The stories and miracles which are part of church lore—the coming of the Wise Men, the Transfiguration, the rejoicings of Palm Sunday—are reflected in special festivals and feast days, as are the most important events in the lives of the Virgin and the Saints.
The Christian Calendar is a comprehensive record which can be followed devotionally by Christians of all denominations or historically by those who wish for a deeper insight into the rituals which have been a central part of the lives of millions for nearly two thousand years. The illustrations that accompany and amplify the text have been collected from sources throughout the Christian world and recapture the essence of the Christian year through the imagery of the great masters.
With 90 illustrations in full color and 60 black and white illustrations.
Front jacket illustration: Coronation of the Virgin by Jacopo Torrito from Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome.
Back jacket illustration: A woodcut of Jesus at Bethany from the Art of Good Lyvying and Good Deying by Antoine Verard, 1503. Vissza