Praktykowanie postu w świetle historiografii kościelnej IV-V wieku

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ID20390478
AuthorsSławomir Bralewski (0000-0002-4708-0103, University of Lodz, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume59
Pages359-378
Publication date2013-01-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVox Patrum (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0860-9411 • E-ISSN: 2719-3586
PublisherKatolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawla II (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.31743/vp.4048
OpenAlexW3095345780
LanguageEN
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The ecclesiastical histories of the fourth and the fifth centuries confirm the fasting as a practice popularly observed by the Christians of that time. From the account of the historians one can conclude that fasting combined with prayer was a distinctive feature of Christian piety. From the fourth century the principal prac­tice of abstention from food included the concept of a forty-day fasting period before Easter, i.e. Lent, and additionally the fast practiced two days every week throughout the year, namely each Wednesday and Friday, while the scheme is con­sidered to have its roots in the regulations promoted by the Church authorities of the period. Nonetheless, by the middle of the fifth century the individual churches of the West and the East had not arrived at an unanimous agreement on the length of Lent neither on its form. Moreover, the practice of fasting was also introduced as obligatory for the catechumens before baptism and for the local church com­munities they represented. Additionally, fasting was a must for those repenting their sins. First and foremost, however, a very strict practice of food abstention was observed by the monks of the period

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Baptism · Piety · Political science · Prayer · Theology · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome · History · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies

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