Zetech University Library - Online Catalog

Mobile: +254-705278678

Whatsapp: +254-706622557

Feedback/Complaints/Suggestions

library@zetech.ac.ke

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com
Image from Google Jackets
Image from OpenLibrary

The art of the Roman catacombs : themes of deliverance in the age of persecution / Gregory S. Athnos

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Eugene, Oregon : Resource Publications, 2023.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 9781666777345
  • 166677734X
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.1
LOC classification:
  • DG807.4 .A86 2023eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Persecution in the Early Church -- The Art of the Roman Catacombs -- Appendix I: The Search for the 2000th Birthday of Jesus -- Appendix II: Resurrection Meals as a Model for Eucharist -- Appendix III: The Resurrection Eucharist Description -- The Resurrection Seminar -- Celebration of the Traditional Eucharist -- The Resurrection Eucharist
Summary: "Every story in catacomb art is a tale of deliverance, a tale of the powerlessness of death and the certainty of the resurrection. Looking back through fifteen hundred years of Christian art, it appears the crucifixion of Jesus holds the highest place. We haven't looked back far enough. Go back to the first three centuries after Jesus walked among us. Walk the dark corridors of those subterranean burial chambers of the persecuted Christians. There we find a much different theology at work: a theology with resurrection hope and power at the center. If catacomb art were all we had of Christian theology and practice from the first three centuries AD--no Scriptures--we would have no choice but to conclude that the first message of the Christian faith was the Easter gospel."--Publisher.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
No physical items for this record

Includes bibliographical references.

Persecution in the Early Church -- The Art of the Roman Catacombs -- Appendix I: The Search for the 2000th Birthday of Jesus -- Appendix II: Resurrection Meals as a Model for Eucharist -- Appendix III: The Resurrection Eucharist Description -- The Resurrection Seminar -- Celebration of the Traditional Eucharist -- The Resurrection Eucharist

"Every story in catacomb art is a tale of deliverance, a tale of the powerlessness of death and the certainty of the resurrection. Looking back through fifteen hundred years of Christian art, it appears the crucifixion of Jesus holds the highest place. We haven't looked back far enough. Go back to the first three centuries after Jesus walked among us. Walk the dark corridors of those subterranean burial chambers of the persecuted Christians. There we find a much different theology at work: a theology with resurrection hope and power at the center. If catacomb art were all we had of Christian theology and practice from the first three centuries AD--no Scriptures--we would have no choice but to conclude that the first message of the Christian faith was the Easter gospel."--Publisher.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 050, 650, 651

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.