Patristic Pilgrims’ Progress
Way of the Fathers
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The History of Pilgrimage
For ancient Jews and modern Muslims, pilgrimage has occupied a place that's comparable to the place of the sacraments in Catholic tradition. The New Testament doesn't require it; Canon law has never mandated it. No catechism has ever presented it dogmatically. Yet Christians have always done it. It ingrate numbers that's clear from the documents of the early church. Let's consider why this might be so.
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