Comments on: How Africa shaped Christianity http://online.worldmag.com/2008/04/03/how-africa-shaped-christianity/ A forum for discussion of news that arises at the intersection of Christianity and culture. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:32:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: davdi http://online.worldmag.com/2008/04/03/how-africa-shaped-christianity/comment-page-1/#comment-290241 davdi Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:23:37 +0000 http://www.worldontheweb.com/2008/04/03/how-africa-shaped-christianity/#comment-290241 I thought this is why the liturgical churches move (from the congregations perspective) the book containing the scripture readings from the right (liturgically South) to the left (liturgically North) at the reading of the gospel. The people rise at the reading of the gospel, in part, to signify their readiness to take the gospel to the unreached. The gospel moving from the "South" to the "North" recounts the direction of the missiionary movement of the gospel in the early church. I thought this is why the liturgical churches move (from the congregations perspective) the book containing the scripture readings from the right (liturgically South) to the left (liturgically North) at the reading of the gospel. The people rise at the reading of the gospel, in part, to signify their readiness to take the gospel to the unreached. The gospel moving from the “South” to the “North” recounts the direction of the missiionary movement of the gospel in the early church.

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