Early Christians speak : faith and life in the first three centuries / / Everett Ferguson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910447959103321
• Autore: Ferguson Everett <1933->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abilene, TX, : ACU Press, c1999
• ISBN: 9780891128427; 0891128425
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (176 p.)
• Disciplina: 270.1
• Soggetti: Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Liturgics - History; Christian life - History - Early church, ca. 30-600
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Table of Contents""; ""A Word to the Reader""; ""The Setting and Sources for Our Study""; ""The Faith Preached and Believed""; ""Baptism in the Second Century""; ""Alternatives to Immersion""; ""The Beginning of Infant Baptism""; ""Christian Assemblies""; ""Early Worship Services""; ""Early Accounts of the Lordâ€?s Supper""; ""The Language of the Real Presence About the Lordâ€?s Supper""; ""Sacrificial Ideas Associated with the Lordâ€?s Supper""; ""The Love Feast (Agape)""; ""Some Early Prayers""; ""Some Early Christian Hymns and Poetry""; ""The Organization of the Early Church""; ""Church Discipline""""Christian Living in the Second Century""; ""Early Christian Acts of Mercy""; ""Christians and Military Service""; ""Women in the Early Church""; ""Glossary""; ""Alphabetical List of Sources Cited""; ""Time Chart""; ""Index of References""; ""General Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.