Chapter I: Christian Attitude in a Pagan Milieu.
Chapter 1 of the book "The Liturgical Context of Early European Drama" is presented. It explores the attitudes of Christians in a pagan milieu, and their attendance of spectacles such as horse races and theatre performances. It highlights the Christian writers who rigorously opposed the spectacles i...
| Publicado en: | Liturgical Context of Early European Drama pp. 7 - 25 |
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| Formato: | Capítulo de libro |
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Digitalia Publishing Corp.
1989
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| Sumario: | Chapter 1 of the book "The Liturgical Context of Early European Drama" is presented. It explores the attitudes of Christians in a pagan milieu, and their attendance of spectacles such as horse races and theatre performances. It highlights the Christian writers who rigorously opposed the spectacles in the Patristic Period, including Tertullian and Novatian, and the Christian writers who were less rigorously opposed to the spectacles including Prudentius and St. Augustine. |
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