"How the Earliest Christians Worshipped" (in their own words) video

[Pavel Mosko]

A nice 2 1/2-hour video done by an English gentleman that covers material from the New Testament Apostolic Fathers, Early Church Fathers and other Christian writings and at least one Roman secular source. I don't think there is anything in there that is surprising for folks familiar with the topic, but a nice introduction for folks that haven't read this stuff before.

It also is nice to have this stuff read to you, besides seeing the text printed on the screen. For a good 5 years, I needed better glasses for reading but could not get them because upping my reading power messed up my long-range vision needed for driving, so I really appreciate this sort of thing. Besides that, I also like listen to stuff like this while I work on other things at home, play games on my computer and so on.

 

[The Liturgist]

Indeed, we know for a fact the early church worshipped liturgically, had an episcopal polity, and had a relatively high view of the sacraments, as can be deduced from the ancient liturgical texts.