The Concept of <i>Ex-Opere-Operato</i>: Efficacy in the Fathers as an Evidence of Magic in Early Christianity

Authors

  • E. G. Weltin

Abstract

Patristic writings of the third and fourth centuries sometimes attribute a theurgic power to liturgy, whether invested in words or in actions, but modify it by calling God’s response voluntary.

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Published

1960-07-01

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Vol. 3 No. 2/3 (1960)

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