The Meeting of the Three Temples: Co-celebrating with the Angels in Early Christian Liturgies

A new inspection of the ancient liturgical pattern of praying with the angels unveils that Jewish materials limited it to the priestly class and such legendary figures as Enoch, Abraham, Moses, or Elijah. The classical Christian anaphoras of the third and fourth centuries will extend this pattern to...

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Published in:Studia liturgica
Main Author: Giulea, Dragoş Andrei 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing [2020]
In: Studia liturgica
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Old Testament / Early Judaism / Church / Angel / Prayer / Temple / Liturgy / Priest
RelBib Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBH Angelology; demonology
RB Church office; congregation
RC Liturgy
Further subjects:B Second Temple
B comparative liturgy
B Temple
B Apocalypse
B Priesthood
B Anaphora
B Eucharist
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Summary:A new inspection of the ancient liturgical pattern of praying with the angels unveils that Jewish materials limited it to the priestly class and such legendary figures as Enoch, Abraham, Moses, or Elijah. The classical Christian anaphoras of the third and fourth centuries will extend this pattern to the entire congregation based on the early Christian generalization of the priestly status to all the members of the ecclesia. While shifting the focus of discussion to the concepts of “temple” and “priest,” the study finds that these Christian anaphoras include both the Jerusalem Temple feature of serving in front of God’s descended glory and the Second Temple apocalyptic idea of celebrating in the heavenly sanctuary. The earthly and heavenly temples, therefore, become one liturgical space which also intersects a third temple, that of the human being, within which God also descends, sanctifies it, and receives due worship.
ISSN:2517-4797
Contains:Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0039320720945725