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The early church and today. Volume 1. Ministry, initiation, and worship /

The Early Church and Today is a collection of scholarly articles by an acclaimed specialist in early Christianity written for a broad audience. The topics taken from the New Testament and other early Christian literature are relevant for the church today. The articles are grouped in the following ca...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferguson, Everett, 1933- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Abilene, TX : Abilene Christain University Press, [2012]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Church and ministry. Four freedoms of the church
  • The ministry of the word in the first two centuries
  • Ordination according to Acts: Acts 6:1-6
  • Laying on of hands in Acts 6:6 and 13:3
  • The authority and tenure of elders
  • Church order in the sub-Apostolic period: a survey of interpretations
  • The ministry in the Apostolic Fathers
  • The "congregationalism" of the early church
  • Article review of Dan William's Retrieving the tradition and renewing evangelicalism: a primer for suspicious Protestants
  • Women in the post-Apostolic church
  • Part II. Baptism and initiation. Baptismal motifs in the ancient church
  • Baptism in the Partistic period
  • Part III. Demonology. The demons according to Justin Martyr
  • Origen's demonology
  • Part IV. Worship and assembly. Justin Martyr and the liturgy
  • "When you come together"
  • I Timothy 2:8
  • Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday? a review article
  • Part V. Church music. Jewish religious music in the first century
  • temple, synagogue, home and sect
  • The theology of singing
  • The case for a cappella music in the Christian assembly
  • Church music in Ephesians and Colossians: exegesis of Colossians 3:15-17
  • Early church history and the instrumental music controversy
  • Congregational singing in the early church.