This Far by Faith American Black Worship and Its African Roots by Henry Mitchell ISBN 13: 9780918208057

The essays in this volume were first presented in 1977 at the Catholic University of America and at the parish of St. Benedict the Moor, Washington, D.C. 104 pages.

National Office for Black Catholics, 1977. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

After a detailed analysis of the rites of initation and the Mass, the author provides homilies of Cyril of Jerusalem, Ambrose of Milan, John Chrysostom of Constantinople, and Theodore of Mopsuestia. Appendices provide the Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus and the revised Roman rite of baptism.This is a classic work on intiation, of the late twentieth century.

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