Christian Life And Practice In The Early Church

Author : Steve McKinion
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814756492

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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 : Edmond de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Church history
ISBN : HARVARD:AH4G3R

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Christian Life and Practice in the Early Church by Edmond de Pressensé Pdf

Author : Edmond de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Church history
ISBN : OCLC:9409343

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Christian Life and Practice in the Early Church by Edmond de Pressensé Pdf

Author : E. De Pressense,Annie Harwood-Holmden
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1498112870

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Christian Life and Practice in the Early Church by E. De Pressense,Annie Harwood-Holmden Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1877 Edition.

Author : Andrew B. McGowan
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441246318

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Ancient Christian Worship by Andrew B. McGowan Pdf

An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Now in paper.

Author : Stuart G. Hall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781610970518

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Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church, 2nd Edition by Stuart G. Hall Pdf

A new edition of this well-respected work. "Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church" is clearly written and carefully organized with cross-references throughout to its two companion volumes, "A New Eusebius and Creeds" and "Councils and Controversies" (revised editions SPCK 1987 and 1989). It is well established as the standard introduction to the subject for student and general reader alike. The second edition makes the text easier to understand in the light of widespread use; provides a fuller and updated bibliography; and brings thinking up to date on a number of topics including house churches, Athanasius, Gnostics, Hippolytus, Constantine, the Creed of Constantinople, and the Monophysites.

Author : Edmond de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : HARVARD:AH39P4

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The Early Years of Christianity: Christian life and practice in the early church by Edmond de Pressensé Pdf

Author : Edmond Dehault de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600107632

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Christian life and practice in the early Church, tr. [from ser. 4 of Histoire des trois premiers siècles de l'Église chrétienne] by A. Harwood-Holmden by Edmond Dehault de Pressensé Pdf

Author : Laurie Guy
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830839421

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Introducing Early Christianity by Laurie Guy Pdf

Laurie Guy provides an illuminating, broad-brush survey of the early church in its first four centuries. Readers get to witness the emergence of Great Tradition Christianity as themes unfold over time regarding women, persecution and martyrdom, asceticism and monasticism, eucharist and baptism, doctrine and the ecumenical councils.

Author : Edmond De Pressense
Publisher : Arkose Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1346280118

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Christian Life and Practice in the Early Church by Edmond De Pressense Pdf

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Author : Robert E. Winn
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781683072416

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Christianity in the Roman Empire by Robert E. Winn Pdf

Christianity in the Roman Empire is a topical and biographical introduction to Christianity before Constantine. While its focus is the historical development of the proto-orthodox community, Robert Winn aims to bridge the gap between contemporary Christians and those who lived in the Roman Empire. To do this, his chapters discuss particular topics such as prayer, biblical interpretation, worship, and persecution, as well as prominent and controversial individuals such as Ignatius of Antioch, Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis, and Tertullian. Part One addresses the world of the apostolic fathers, Part Two addresses hostility to Christianity and the response of Christians to this antagonism, and Part Three addresses doctrinal and communal issues of the third century. The book will pique readers’ interest and provide them with a deeper appreciation for the religious identity of early Christians in the Roman Empire: what they believed and how they lived. Part One: Christianity in the Year 100 1. Christians, Jews, and Romans in the First Century 2. New Way of Life: Didache and the Epistle of Barnabas 3. Clement of Rome and the Church of Corinth 4. Ignatius of Antioch and True Christianity 5. Worship and Church Order in the Year 100 Part Two: Christianity in a Hostile World (100–250) 6. Celsus, a Critic of Christianity 7. Justin Martyr, a Defender of Christianity 8. The Persecution of Christians 9. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity 10. Cyprian of Carthage and the Unity of the Church Part Three: Faith and Practice in the Third Century 11. Reading the Bible with Early Christians 12. Irenaeus of Lyons and True Christianity 13. Tertullian of Carthage and True Christianity 14. Prayer and the Spiritual Life of Early Christians 15. Eusebius of Caesarea: After Two Hundred Years

Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : ACU Press
Page : 453 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1999-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780891128427

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Early Christians Speak, Vol. 1 3rd Ed. by Everett Ferguson Pdf

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 : Edmond de Pressensé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Apologetics
ISBN : UCAL:$B246766

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Life and practice in the early church by Edmond de Pressensé Pdf

Author : Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp,Leigh E. Schmidt,Mark Valeri
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0801883628

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Practicing Protestants by Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp,Leigh E. Schmidt,Mark Valeri Pdf

This collection of essays explores the significance of practice in understanding American Protestant life. The authors are historians of American religion, practical theologians, and pastors and were the twelve principal researchers in a three-year collaborative project sponsored by the Lilly Endowment. Profiling practices that range from Puritan devotional writing to twentieth-century prayer, from missionary tactics to African American ritual performance, these essays provide a unique historical perspective on how Protestants have lived their faith within and outside of the church and how practice has formed their identities and beliefs. Each chapter focuses on a different practice within a particular social and cultural context. The essays explore transformations in American religious culture from Puritan to Evangelical and Enlightenment sensibilities in New England, issues of mission, nationalism, and American empire in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, devotional practices in the flux of modern intellectual predicaments, and the claims of late-twentieth-century liberal Protestant pluralism. Breaking new ground in ritual studies and cultural history, Practicing Protestants offers a distinctive history of American Protestant practice.

Author : Morna Dorothy Hooker,Frances Young
Publisher : Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334043812

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Holiness and Mission by Morna Dorothy Hooker,Frances Young Pdf

`Two superb scholars in New Testament and the early Church here show why it is vital to dig deeper into the past in order to live well in the present and enable a better future. Above all they communicate the intensity of life in the Holy Spirit in the cities where Christianity took root - a life uniting head, heart, tongue and practical action. The culminating guidelines for mission in twenty-first century pluralist settings are packed with challenging wisdom centred on the crucified, living Jesus Christ.' David F. Ford, Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge `Here is rich and varied food for the mind, repeated provocation for the curious, and much stimulus for hours of discussion. The themes are challenging: How do holiness and mission hang together? Is the city more a threat or an opportunity for Christianity? Is the church really a learning community? How do Christians best work together? What do we need to hear afresh from the Bible and the early church on what really matters? Use the book for a study group. You will benefit greatly from it, and may well be inspired to act upon what you learn.' James D. G. Dunn, former Lightfoot Professor of Divinity, University of Durham `Four strong chapters, organically grounded in the experience and teaching of the Bible and the Early Church, undergird a remarkable finale that lays bare the radical challenge to mission posed by the modern city. This is a profound, accessible and convincing book.' Leslie Griffiths, Superintendent, Wesley's Chapel, London