Tradition, Scripture, and Interpretation

Tradition, Scripture, and Interpretation
Author: D. H. Williams
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2006-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801031648

"While the patristic age is marked by the development of the Apostle's and the Nicene creeds, D. H. Williams contends we must not neglected the lesser known yet just as significant theological texts and expressions of worship that were seminal in shaping early Christian identity. In this sourcebook, Williams gathers key writings from the first through sixth centuries that illustrate the ways in which the church's confessions, teaching, and worship were expressed during that time. More than an anthology, this sourcebook introduces the primary sources of Christian antiquity."--BOOK JACKET.

A Source Book for Ancient Church History

A Source Book for Ancient Church History
Author: Joseph Cullen Ayer
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2022-08-01
Genre: History
ISBN:

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Source Book for Ancient Church History" by Joseph Cullen Ayer. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity

Pagans and Christians in Late Antiquity
Author: A.D.(Doug) Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136617388

In this book A.D. Lee charts the rise to dominance of Christianity in the Roman empire. Using translated texts he explains the fortunes of both Pagans and Christians from the upheavals of the 3rd Century to the increasingly tumultuous times of the 5th and 6th centuries. The book also examines important themes in Late Antiquity such as the growth of monasticism, the emerging power of bishops and the development of pilgrimage, and looks at the fate of other significant religious groups including the Jews, Zoroastrians and Manichaeans.

Books and Readers in the Early Church

Books and Readers in the Early Church
Author: Harry Y. Gamble
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780300069181

This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.

Evangelicals and Tradition

Evangelicals and Tradition
Author: D. H. Williams
Publisher: Baker Academic
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2005-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0801027136

Helps church leaders recover ancient understandings of Christian belief and practice from the early church fathers and apply them to ministry in the twenty-first century.

A Source Book for Mediæval History

A Source Book for Mediæval History
Author: Oliver J. Thatcher
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 512
Release: 2019-11-22
Genre: History
ISBN:

A Source Book for Mediæval History is a scholarly piece by Oliver J. Thatcher. It covers all major historical events and leaders from the Germania of Tacitus in the 1st century to the decrees of the Hanseatic League in the 13th century.

Church History

Church History
Author: James E. Bradley
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2016
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802874053

In their acclaimed, much-used Church History, James Bradley and Richard Muller lay out guidelines, methods, and basic reference tools for research and writing in the fields of church history and historical theology. Over the years, this book has helped countless students define their topics, locate relevant source materials, and write quality papers. This revised, expanded, and updated second edition includes discussion of Internet-based research, digitized texts, and the electronic forms of research tools. The greatly enlarged bibliography of study aids now includes many significant new resources that have become available since the first edition's publication in 1995. Accessible and clear, this introduction will continue to benefit both students and experienced scholars in the field.