Read Books Online and Download eBooks, EPub, PDF, Mobi, Kindle, Text Full Free.
Download Missions And Regional Characteristics Of The Early Church full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Missions And Regional Characteristics Of The Early Church ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Articles-Garlan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Missions and Regional Characteristics of the Early Church written by Everett Ferguson and published by Articles-Garlan. This book was released on 1993 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136611584
Total Pages : 1253 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Early Christianity written by Everett Ferguson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 1253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997. What's new in the Second Edition: Some 250 new entries, twenty-five percent more than in the first edition, plus twenty-five new expert contributors. Bibliographies are greatly expanded and updated throughout; More focus on biblical books and philosophical schools, their influence on early Christianity and their use by patristic writers; More information about the Jewish and pagan environment of early Christianity; Greatly enlarged coverage of the eastern expansion of the faith throughout Asia, including persons and literature; More extensive treatment of saints, monasticism, worship practices, and modern scholars; Greater emphasis on social history and more theme articles; More illustrations, maps, and plans; Additional articles on geographical regions; Expanded chronological table; Also includes maps.
Author : Abraham J. Malherbe
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004267360
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book The Early Church in Its Context written by Abraham J. Malherbe and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-04-09 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume honors Professor Everett Ferguson of Abilene Christian University on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday. Reflecting the interests of the honoree, the twenty-one contributions focus on various aspects of the early church and its environment. Together the articles form a broad tapestry of interrelated topics informed from the disciplines of philosophy, patristic theology, archaeology, rhetoric, art, Greco-Roman religion, and biblical studies.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815310617
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Personalities of the Early Church written by Everett Ferguson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Edward L Smither
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227902955
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)
Download or read book Mission in the Early Church written by Edward L Smither and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Christian mission happen in the early church from AD 100 to 750? Beginning with a brief look at the social, political, cultural, and religious contexts, Mission in the Early Church tells the story of early Christian missionaries, their methods, and their missiology. Edward L. Smither explores some of the most prominent themes of mission in early Christianity, including suffering, evangelism, Bible translation, contextualization, ministry in Word and deed, and the church. Based on this survey, modern readers are invited to a conversation that considers how early Christian mission might inform global mission thought and practice today.
Author : Steve McKinion
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814756492
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Life and Practice in the Early Church written by Steve McKinion and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of primary texts revealing how early Christians practiced their faith Life and Practice in the Early Church brings together a range of primary texts from the church's first five centuries to demonstrate how early Christians practiced their faith. Rather than focusing on theology, these original documents shed light on how early believers "did church," addressing such practical questions as, how did the church administer baptism? How were sermons delivered? How did the early church carry out its missions endeavors? Early Christian writings reveal a great deal about the tradition, as well as the wider culture in which it developed. Far from being monolithic, the documents which present the voices of the early church fathers in their own words demonstrate variation and diversity regarding how faith was worked out during the patristic period. The texts illuminate who was eligible for baptism, what was expected of worshippers, how the Eucharist was celebrated, and how church offices and their functions were organized. Contextual introductions explain practices and their development for those with little prior knowledge of Christian history or tradition. The pieces included here, all in accessible English translation, represent such sources as Justin Martyr, Tertullian, the Cappadocians, Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, and Augustine.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815310693
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Doctrines of God and Christ in the Early Church written by Everett Ferguson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated overview of history The volume in this series are arranged topically to cover biography, literature, doctrines, practices, institutions, worship, missions, and daily life. Archaeology and art as well as writings are drawn on to illuminate the Christian movement in its early centuries. Ample attention is also given to the relation of Christianity to pagan thought and life, to the Roman state, to Judaism, and to doctrines and practices that came to be judged as heretical or schismatic. Introductions to each volume tie the articles together for an integrated understanding of the history. Offers insights and understanding The aim of the collection is to give balanced and comprehensive coverage, selected on the basis of the following criteria: original and excellent research and writing; subject matter of use to teachers and students; groundbreaking importance for the history of research; background information for issues and opinions. Understanding the development ofearly Christianity and its impact on Western history and thought offers valuable insights into the modern world and the present state of Christiantiy. It also provides perspective on comparable developments in other periods of history and reveals human nature in its religious dimension.
Author : Morna D. Hooker
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334047633
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Holiness and Mission written by Morna D. Hooker and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores what mission and discipleship meant for some of the earliest Christian communities. It is based on the Hugh Price Hughes Lectures in the West London Mission.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815310709
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Doctrines of Human Nature, Sin, and Salvation in the Early Church written by Everett Ferguson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An integrated overview of history The volume in this series are arranged topically to cover biography, literature, doctrines, practices, institutions, worship, missions, and daily life. Archaeology and art as well as writings are drawn on to illuminate the Christian movement in its early centuries. Ample attention is also given to the relation of Christianity to pagan thought and life, to the Roman state, to Judaism, and to doctrines and practices that came to be judged as heretical or schismatic. Introductions to each volume tie the articles together for an integrated understanding of the history. Offers insights and understanding The aim of the collection is to give balanced and comprehensive coverage, selected on the basis of the following criteria: original and excellent research and writing; subject matter of use to teachers and students; groundbreaking importance for the history of research; background information for issues and opinions. Understanding the development of early Christianity and its impact on Western history and thought offers valuable insights into the modern world and the present state of Christiantiy. It also provides perspective on comparable developments in other periods of history and reveals human nature in its religious dimension.
Author : David Noel Power
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0826428525
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Mission, Ministry, Order written by David Noel Power and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the mission of the church? What are the ministries that futher its mission? How should the traditional orders of bishop/overseer, priest/presbyter, and deacon be reconsidered in the light of 21st century challenges and ecumenical unity? These big questions involve a constellation of neuralgic issues both within the Roman Catholic Church and between it and its sister churches, both East and West: women priests, women bishops, married priests, lay ministries, the unaccountability of bishops to their flocks. The rapid decline of priests in the US has led to an enormous number of lay people in leadership positions, but they can't preside at the Eucharist (the heart and soul of Catholic identity and practice), and their roles are nebulous, undefined, and severely constrained. Catholic women are voting with their feet over the church's failure to ordain women. Lay theologians, men and women, now outnumber priest theologians, but have little "standing" in the church outside of academia. Far-reaching agreements on theological issues have been made between Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism and Lutheranism, but the practical consequences (e.g., shared Eucharists) are nil. It is against this background that David Power, the doyen of sacramental theologians in North America, has written a magisterial work on the mission, ministry, and order of the church that is historically comprehensive, theologically progressive, ecumenically and globally focused, and practical in its prescriptions.
Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300164106
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)
Download or read book From Jesus to Christ written by Paula Fredriksen and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780815310662
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book Early Christianity and Judaism written by Everett Ferguson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1993 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : John James Burke
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781653116577
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (165 download)
Download or read book Characteristics of the Early Church written by John James Burke and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All admit that the Christians of the first five centuries believed and practised the true religion of Jesus Christ, pure and undefiled.What a blessing to be so intimately connected with the Author of all truth and the Source of all grace!What a privilege to learn the truths of salvation from the lips of the Saviour and His immediate disciples!When the Saviour departed hence He left a representative. This representative, His church, He commanded all to hear. "He that heareth you heareth Me" (Luke x., 16). This representative was to continue to the end of time. " Behold, I am with you all days " (Matt, xxvm., 20), and was to be taught all truth by the Holy Ghost. "When he the spirit of truth has come he will teach you all truth" (John xvi., 13).Consequently, the true church of today must teach the same doctrines taught by Jesus Christ and the church of the early ages of Christianity.Certain non-Catholics are just now making strong claims to Apostolic succession.On this account, many are anxious to study the teachings and practices of the early church.Those unable to consult the writings of the Fathers in the original, or such works as Waterworks Faith of Catholics and reliable church histories will, perhaps, be interested in this brief study of the early Christian life. It will, it is hoped, give those not having the leisure to consult more bulky volumes, a fair idea of the propagation, organization, writers, teachings, trials and triumphs of the early church.The primary object, however, of the following pages is to show as briefly and clearly as possible that the teachings and practices of the Catholic Church of today are identical with those of the Early Church.
Author : Scott W. Sunquist
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 1441242147
Total Pages : 741 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (412 download)
Download or read book Understanding Christian Mission written by Scott W. Sunquist and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 741 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive introduction helps students, pastors, and mission committees understand contemporary Christian mission historically, biblically, and theologically. Scott Sunquist, a respected scholar and teacher of world Christianity, recovers missiological thinking from the early church for the twenty-first century. He traces the mission of the church throughout history in order to address the global church and offers a constructive theology and practice for missionary work today. Sunquist views spirituality as the foundation for all mission involvement, for mission practice springs from spiritual formation. He highlights the Holy Spirit in the work of mission and emphasizes its trinitarian nature. Sunquist explores mission from a primarily theological--rather than sociological--perspective, showing that the whole of Christian theology depends on and feeds into mission. Throughout the book, he presents Christian mission as our participation in the suffering and glory of Jesus Christ for the redemption of the nations.
Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : ACU Press
ISBN 13 : 0891128425
Total Pages : 453 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (911 download)
Download or read book Early Christians Speak, Vol. 1 3rd Ed. written by Everett Ferguson and published by ACU Press. This book was released on 1999-11-01 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These studies in early church history cover various aspects of the church life of early Christians. They focus on the second century. What did the second century Christian leaders say about faith, baptism, infant baptism, worship services, the Lord's Supper, prayer, singing, church organization, mercy and the role of women? New Testament texts bearing on the topic are listed at the beginning of each chapter. We are talking about the same community of people, the same church, as existed in the New Testament. Such writings have an important bearing on the interpretation of the Scriptures.
Author : Eckhard J. Schnabel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 968 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Early Christian Mission: Jesus and the Twelve written by Eckhard J. Schnabel and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a two-volume work, Eckhard J. Schnabel offers a comprehensive and defiinitive examination of the first century of missionary expansion--from Jesus to the last of the apostles.--From publisher's description.
Author : David E. Wilhite
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110926261
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)
Download or read book Tertullian the African written by David E. Wilhite and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-06-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who was Tertullian, and what can we know about him? This work explores his social identities, focusing on his North African milieu. Theories from the discipline of social/cultural anthropology, including kinship, class and ethnicity, are accommodated and applied to selections of Tertullian’s writings. In light of postcolonial concerns, this study utilizes the categories of Roman colonizers, indigenous Africans and new elites. The third category, new elites, is actually intended to destabilize the other two, denying any “essential” Roman or African identity. Thereafter, samples from Tertullian’s writings serve to illustrate comparisons of his own identities and the identities of his rhetorical opponents. The overall study finds Tertullian’s identities to be manifold, complex and discursive. Additionally, his writings are understood to reflect antagonism toward Romans, including Christian Romans (which is significant for his so-called Montanism), and Romanized Africans. While Tertullian accommodates much from Graeco-Roman literature, laws and customs, he nevertheless retains a strongly stated non-Roman-ness and an African-ity, which is highlighted in the present monograph.
