How Advent Was Born by Claudia McIvor

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Vision: a 45 to 50 min talk on the origins of Advent that is punctuated at appropriate points with slide presentation; community song; community prayer

How Advent Was Born

Published on Nov 19, 2015

A presentation about the evolution of Advent.

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Christmas and Advent

LATE BLOOMERS

Vision: a 45 to 50 min talk on the origins of Advent that is punctuated at appropriate points with slide presentation; community song; community prayer

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How Advent Was Born

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Sunday Mass of the Resurrection

The Early Church

1. Earliest Church 33-300 focused only on the most basic things: Sunday Mass of the Resurrection,

Baptism

Adult Baptism

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The Catechumenate

and the Catechumenate

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Lent

and the slow development of Lent as preparation for Baptism at Easter.

Christmas

336 - 350 AD

300 – 550 AD:
First recorded Christmas Liturgy in 336 AD. Slow development in East and West. Pope Julius sets the
“date” for Christmas as 25 Dec worldwide.
Slides: crèche, nativity

Two traditions develop

France and Italy

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France

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France

St. Martin's Lent

Development of St. Martin’s Lent in France: 6 wk period of prep for Baptisms on St. Martin’s Day.

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John the Baptist

FRANCE:

Penitential in nature: stress on John the Baptism /

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Final Judgment

End of World, Second Coming

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Italy

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Italy

Devotional Advent

Development of Devotional Advent: Diocese of Ravenna, Italy, with it’s connection to the East first starts in the West an Advent preparation in the weeks before Christmas Day

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