Stephen the Martyr (Acts VI–VIII) in the Early Jerusalem Lectionary System

Year
2017
Type(s)
Author(s)
Hugo Méndez
Source
The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 68 (2017): 22-39
Url(s)
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046916001421
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Lectionary and homiletic sources indicate that the Church of Jerusalem commemorated Stephen twice within the same two-week period (26/27 December and 7 January). Few studies have explored the origins of these feasts, the relationship between their appointed readings and the phenomenon of parallel, or redundant, feasts in fifth-century Jerusalem. This study will locate the development of these feasts within the struggle of the Church of Jerusalem to develop a local cult of martyrs after the Constantinian settlement.

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