A sermon on the duty of receiving the Holy Communion [electronic resource] : preached at the Cathedral, Quebec, December 11th, 1859 /George Vernon. Housman
St. Chrysostom in a Christmas sermon, delivered at Antioch in the year 386, says, " it is not ten years since this day [Christmas Day on December 25] was clearly known to us, but it has been familiar from the beginning to those who dwell in the West." "The Romans who have celebrat...
For a brief time Luther recovered something of the richness of the early church鈥檚 theology and practice of holy communion as the communion of saints, participating in Christ and becoming his body in which all members truly love and care for one another. Because of later controversies, Luther...