The Change in Public Worship in the Nicene Age

The matter to be dealt with in this and the following essay is the mighty change by which the Christian public worship, or culture, was affected in the period under consideration (311-590). This change was from simplicity to multiplicity and complexity and from a non-splendorous to a splendorous appearance. The former was affected by the increase in the number of church festivals and by the introduction of a number of customs and ceremonies; the latter by the change in the legal and social...