The Story of the Christian YearAbingdon-Cokesbury Press, 1945 - 238 pages |
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... marked off from the preceding by a prevailing type of weather and specialized demands in agricultural work . As- tronomical development later discovered the objective basis for the seasons in the tilt of the earth's axis and the ...
... marked off from the preceding by a prevailing type of weather and specialized demands in agricultural work . As- tronomical development later discovered the objective basis for the seasons in the tilt of the earth's axis and the ...
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... marked " A.U.C. , " meaning ab urbe condita " from the founding of the city . " Later the Roman counting was ob- scured by the conceits of emperors who insisted upon mark- ing time from their own conquests , birthdays , or reigns . This ...
... marked " A.U.C. , " meaning ab urbe condita " from the founding of the city . " Later the Roman counting was ob- scured by the conceits of emperors who insisted upon mark- ing time from their own conquests , birthdays , or reigns . This ...
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... marked by the alternate fasting and feasting that runs through the whole year . The origin of these customs as expressions of religious feeling goes back to primitive times . Fasting is assumed to have begun in the natural physical ...
... marked by the alternate fasting and feasting that runs through the whole year . The origin of these customs as expressions of religious feeling goes back to primitive times . Fasting is assumed to have begun in the natural physical ...
Contents
TIME AND MAN | 15 |
THE JEWISH CEREMONIAL YEAR | 40 |
THE CELEBRATIONS OF PAGAN ROME | 56 |
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