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- Title
THE SAINTS AS AN ELEMENT IN THE COMMUNION AND COMMUNICATION IN THE EARLY CHURCH.
- Authors
Sheridan, Mark
- Abstract
The article explores the role of saints in communion and communication in the early Church. It discusses the steps in the development of the veneration of saints with include witness of worship and intercession, Saint Athanasius of Alexendria and his biography of Saint Anthony the Great entitled "Life of Antony," and how saints Gregory Nazianzen and Gregory of Nyssa, known as the Cappadocian Fathers, fostered the devotion to the saints through their writings.
- Subjects
SAINTS; COMMUNION of saints; LORD'S Supper; COMMUNICATION; CATHOLIC Church; VENERATION of Christian saints
- Publication
One in Christ, 2016, Vol 50, Issue 2, p195
- ISSN
0030-252X
- Publication type
Article