From Altar-Throne to Table
| By: | Dougherty, Joseph |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9780810871649 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780810871649 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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This book investigates one of the most successful liturgical reforms in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among American English-speaking Catholics, Holy Communion is a routine, weekly devotional practice. This book explains how and why this ritual sea-change happened.