CHAPTER 3

BEING A CHRISTIAN IN THE EARLY CENTURIES

I. LITURGY AND PRAYER
1. From private houses to places of worship
In the East, Christians used the room high up under the roof, which
was quietest and most tucked away.
In the West the meeting place was probably the dining room. The
bathroom or piscina was used for baptisms.
‘Baptistry’ denoted a pool and’ baptism’ immersion.
2. Christian Initiation
3. The eucharist, or the
celebration of the Lord’s
ressuriction
• EASTER DAY
• THE EUCHARIST
• PENANCE
• SOME OTHER ASPECTS OF PARYER AND WORSHIP