The Early Church at Work and Worship. Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon / Volume 1, (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon
• Further Information: Note: Everett Ferguson.
• Authors: Ferguson, Everett, 1933-
• Contents: ""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Images of the Church in Early Christian Literature""; ""2. Attitudes to Schism at the Council of Nicaea""; ""3. A Note on Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses IV.8.3""; ""4. Ordination in the Ancient Church, I: Greek, Roman, and Jewish Backgrounds""; ""5. Ordination in the Ancient Church, II: The Ceremony of Ordination""; ""6. Ordination in the Ancient Church, III: Ordination in the Second and Third Centuries""; ""7. Ordination and the Early Church, IV: Ordination in the First Century"" ""8. Selection and Installation to Office in Roman, Greek, Jewish, and Christian Antiquity""""9. Jewish and Christian Ordination: Some Observations""; ""10. Qumran and Codex D""; ""11. Origen and the Election of Bishops""; ""12. Eusebius and Ordination""; ""13. Laying on of Hands: Its Significance in Ordination""; ""14. The Covenant Idea in the Second Century""; ""15. Justin Martyr on Jews, Christians, and the Covenant""; ""16. Canon Muratori: Date and Provenance""; ""17. The Muratorian Fragment and the Canon: Review of Hahneman""; ""18. Pseudepigraphy: Post-Canonical Letters"" ""19. Factors Leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon""""Bibliography""; ""Back Cover""
• Publisher Details: Cambridge, United Kingdom : James Clarke & Co
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 270.1; Worship -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism; RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History; RELIGION -- Christianity -- History; Christian life -- Early church; Christian literature, Early; Church history -- Primitive and early church; Theology, Doctrinal -- Early church; Worship -- Early church; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780227903742; 0227903749; 1322095442; 9781322095448
• Related ISBNs: 9780227174890; 0227174895
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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