Liturgy and Ritual of the Ante-Nicene Church e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. A chapter has been added dealing with the interesting but difficult question as to how far the worship and ritual of the Christian Church are of Jewish origin, or are modified by Jewish or other non-christian influence. It is hoped that from the material accumulated in the following pages, an answer may be found to the important question, 'how far does the Book of Common Prayer of the Church of England retain or reflect primitive usage, both absolutely as regards itself, and relatively, in comparison with the service books of other parts of Christendom?'