REFORMATION BIBLE COLLEGE FINAL PAPER WORSHIP FROM 2-14 TH CENTURIES CHURCH HISTORY BY THOMAS BOOHER SANFORD, FLORIDA DECEMBER, 2011 This paper is an overview of the progression and changes to the elements and style of worship present in the 2nd-15th century church. This will encompass such components as the physical buildings for worship and their architecture, the use of pictures, images, relics, and icons, views on the Lord’s supper, liturgical books and music, initiation ceremonies, church discipline, corporate worship, preaching and teaching styles, prayers, festivals, and fasts. Time periods will be broken up into three main segments- The first to third centuries, the fourth to seventh centuries, the eighth through eleventh centuries, and the twelfth century to the time just prior to the Protestant Reformation. The primary reference material was Oscar Hardman’s most helpful A Hist...
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