A Conflict On Authority In The Early African Church
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A Conflict on Authority in the Early African Church by Steven Paas Pdf
"In this book Nyasulu presents a brief and simple biblical theological account of a study of the spread of the Christian faith to cross geographical, social and cultural boundaries. The book also considers new relevant avenues of doing missions."--From back cover
Church, Book, And Bishop by Peter Iver Kaufman Pdf
This book narrates a number of stories from the early clerical history of the church to illustrate how authority came to be shared among the institutions of church, book, and bishop. It is intended for a wide range of readers, including scholars, students.
Christianity in Eurafrica is an impressive book, meticulously researched and well written by a professional scholar. The first chapter includes some valuable historiographical guidelines for writing and understanding the History of the Church. In its first part, the book traces the history of the Church in the Middle East and Europe, explaining the roots of theological diversity to this day. In the second part, the author narrates how the Faith moved south, took root in African soil and grew independently. Many pictures and illustrations serve to further enliven the account. Steven Paas, taught Theology in Malawi for many years. He writes from a deep knowledge of and love for the Lord’s Church, especially in Africa and Europe. This textbook on the history of Christianity in two continents fits with the curricula of institutions of theological training in Africa and the West. The content is especially aimed at students who prepare for the ministry and for Christian education. The book is, however, also invaluable for all scholars of the History of Christianity.
The life and times of the early church were every bit as exciting as our own. But the living pulse of early Christian life, worship and controversy is too often submerged beneath the text of standard introductions to early Christian history. Here from Laurie Guy is an introduction to Christianity of the first four centuries that is readable but not lightweight, interesting but not superficial, informative but not technical. It is a welcome supplement to chronological histories of the early church, a vantage point from which readers may sit aloft and view the broad patterns in the historical terrain. From the apostolic fathers to the great ecumenical councils, we see the church undergoing persecution and martyrdom and then rising to favor under Constantine, shaping its ministry and order while worshiping and developing its understanding of doctrine. Baptism and Eucharist, asceticism and monasticism, and the developing roles of women unfold in this thematic account of the rise of Great Tradition Christianity. Richly illustrated and filled out with maps, charts and close-up windows on related topics, Introducing Early Christianity will inform the curious and enliven courses in early church history.
The question of whether or not our decisions and efforts make a difference in an uncertain and uncontrollable world had enormous significance for writers in Anglo-Saxon England. Striving with Grace looks at seven authors who wrote either in Latin or Old English, and the ways in which they sought to resolve this fundamental question. For Anglo-Saxon England, as for so much of the medieval West, the problem of individual will was complicated by a widespread theistic tradition that influenced writers, thinkers, and their hypotheses. Aaron J Kleist examines the many factors that produced strikingly different, though often complementary, explanations of free will in early England. Having first established the perspectives of Augustine, he considers two Church Fathers who rivalled Augustine's impact on early England, Gregory the Great and the Venerable Bede, and reconstructs their influence on later English writers. He goes on to examine Alfred the Great's Old English Boethius and Lantfred of Winchester's Carmen de libero arbitrio, and the debt that both texts owe to Boethius' classic De consolatione Philosophiae. Finally, Kleist discusses Wulfstan the Homilist and Ælfric of Eynsham, two seminal writers of late Anglo-Saxon England. Striving with Grace shows that all of these authors, despite striking differences in their sources and logic, underscore humanity's need for grace even as they labour to affirm the legitimacy of human effort.
In the last ten years of the 20th century, the world was twice confronted with unbelievable news from Africa. First, there was the end of Apartheid in South Africa. Who would have thought that such a change would be possible without bloodshed? But the miracle happened, due to responsible political and Church leaders and as a result of the unique processes organized through the Truth and Reconciliation Commission under the leadership of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The second unbelievable experience from Africa was of a rather different and awfully shocking nature: the mass killings in Rwanda. This event soon developed into a real genocide and created a wave of horror around the world. There, political and Church leaders had been unable to prevent this crime against humanity.
Biblical Exegesis and the Formation of Christian Culture by Frances M. Young Pdf
This book challenges standard accounts of early Christian exegesis of the Bible. Professor Young sets the interpretation of the Bible in the context of the Graeco-Roman world - the dissemination of books and learning, the way texts were received and read, the function of literature in shaping not only a culture but a moral universe. For the earliest Christians, the adoption of the Jewish scriptures constituted a supersessionary claim in relation to Hellenism as well as Judaism. Yet the debt owed to the practice of exegesis in the grammatical and rhetorical schools is of overriding significance. Methods were philological and deductive, and the usual analysis according to 'literal', 'typological' and 'allegorical' is inadequate to describe questions of reference and issues of religious language. The biblical texts shaped a 'totalizing discourse' which by the fifth century was giving identity, morality and meaning to a new Christian culture.
Ancient African Christianity by David E. Wilhite Pdf
7 The Donatist controversy -- Identifying Donatists -- The beginning of the schism -- Appeals to Constantine -- Escalation of violence and persecution -- Donatist diversity and decline -- The end of Donatism? -- Reassessing Donatist characteristics -- What was African about the Donatists? -- Donatists and the Punic language -- Donatists and African identity -- Donatists and conflict with Romans -- Conclusions and caveats -- 8 Augustine the African -- Augustine's life and legacy -- Augustine's works and teachings -- What was African about Augustine? -- Augustine's African background -- Accusations about Augustine's identity -- Self-identifying as an African -- 9 The Vandal era of African Christianity -- The Vandal invasion of Africa -- Vandals, Catholics, and Donatists -- Vandal expansion of power -- The end of the Vandal kingdom -- 10 The late Byzantine era in Africa -- Justinian's reconquest of Africa -- The African Three Chapters controversy -- Gregory the Great -- Maximus the Confessor -- Conclusions about Byzantine Africa -- 11 The Arab conquests in Africa -- Understanding the sources and background -- History of the conquest -- Survival of evidence and evidence of survival -- Characteristics of late African Christianity -- Reasons for African Christianity's disappearance -- Political power theory -- Christian exodus theory -- Decapitation theory -- House divided theory -- Cultural gap theory -- Theological syncretism theory -- Political pragmatism theory -- Tentative conclusions on African Christianity's end -- 12 Conclusion: What was African about ancient African Christianity? -- Summary of findings -- Elements found in the "African School"--Further considerations -- Potential implications -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Ancient sources cited -- Secondary sources -- Subject Index -- Ancient Source Index -- Scripture Index