The Pilgrimage Of Etheria

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LibriVox recording of The Pilgrimage Of Etheria by Etheria. (Translated by M. L. McClure; Charles Lett Feltoe.) Read in English by David Wales This (probably) late fourth century common era (A.D.) narrative of a Christian pilgrimage is the earliest such text which survives to us. It is an important source of information about early Christian practices. This book has an extended introduction which provides invaluable context and summaries, though some of it is a bit scholarly and dry. The text is damaged with some parts missing; missing parts will be designated in this recording by this verbal usage: “dot dot dot dot” . More information: Egeria, Etheria or Aetheria was a woman, widely regarded to be the author of a detailed account of a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. The long letter, dubbed Peregrinatio (pilgrimage) or Itinerarium Egeriae, is addressed to a circle of women at home. Historical details it contains set the journey in the early 380s, making it the earliest of the kind…. It is the earliest extant graphic account of a Christian pilgrimage…. The text is a narrative apparently written at the end of Egeria's journey from notes she took en route, and addressed to her 'dear ladi…

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Etheria

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librivox; audiobooks;pilgrimage; etheria; egeria; aetheria; liturgy; christian liturgy; history of liturgy; jerusalem liturgy; christian pilgrimage

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