The Story of the Christian YearAbingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1945 - 238 pages |
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Page 88
... custom some- where in Egypt , and later spread over the whole Church . Chrysostom in A.D. 388 , at Antioch , referred to the Feast of the Nativity as having been celebrated in the East ten years previously . It was , no doubt , in that ...
... custom some- where in Egypt , and later spread over the whole Church . Chrysostom in A.D. 388 , at Antioch , referred to the Feast of the Nativity as having been celebrated in the East ten years previously . It was , no doubt , in that ...
Page 89
... custom of some parts of our South , as well as of China . Bells , lights , and other usual symbols occur every- where . An old legend says that a candle in the window will light the way of the Christ Child home . Holland is remem- bered ...
... custom of some parts of our South , as well as of China . Bells , lights , and other usual symbols occur every- where . An old legend says that a candle in the window will light the way of the Christ Child home . Holland is remem- bered ...
Page 153
... custom- ary character of the day , such as " Low Sunday " for the Sunday following the " high " Easter Day . Many quaint usages appear , such as the " beating of the bounds " of the parish at Rogation time . Izaak Walton has a ...
... custom- ary character of the day , such as " Low Sunday " for the Sunday following the " high " Easter Day . Many quaint usages appear , such as the " beating of the bounds " of the parish at Rogation time . Izaak Walton has a ...
Contents
TIME AND MAN | 15 |
THE JEWISH CEREMONIAL YEAR | 40 |
THE CELEBRATIONS OF PAGAN ROME | 56 |
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