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| Author | : Ronald E. Heine |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 208 |
| Release | : 2007-09 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0801027772 |
Examines the role played by the Old Testament in the formation of early Christian thinking.
| Author | : Jostein Ådna |
| Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
| Total Pages | : 484 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9783161485619 |
Essays presented are adapted papers read at the 7th Nordic New Testament Conference in Stavanger, Norway, June 14-18, 2003.
| Author | : Michael F. Bird |
| Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 408 |
| Release | : 2014-08-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0802867766 |
In this book, through a distinctive evangelical and critical approach, Michael Bird explores the historical development of the four canonical Gospels. He shows how the memories and faith of the earliest believers formed the Gospel accounts of Jesus that got written and, in turn, how these accounts further shaped the early church. Bird's study clarifies the often confusing debates over the origins of the canonical Gospels. Bird navigates recent concerns and research as he builds an informed case for how the early Christ followers wrote and spread the story of Jesus -- the story by which they believed they were called to live. The Gospel of the Lord is ideal for students or anyone who wants to know the story behind the four Gospels. Watch an interview with Michael Bird from our Eerdmans Author Interview Series:
| Author | : Charles Freeman |
| Publisher | : Yale University Press |
| Total Pages | : 416 |
| Release | : 2009-01-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 030012581X |
"Tracing the astonishing transformation that the early Christian church underwent - from sporadic niches of Christian communities surviving in the wake of a horrific crucifixion to sanctioned alliance with the state - Charles Freeman shows how freedom of thought was curtailed by the development of the concept of faith. The imposition of 'correct belief' and an institutional framework that enforced orthodoxy were both consolidating and stifling. Uncovering the church's relationships with Judaism, Gnosticism, Greek philosophy and Greco-Roman society, Freeman offers dramatic new accounts of Paul, the resurrection, and the church fathers and emperors."--BOOK JACKET.
| Author | : Stefana Dan Laing |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2017-04-18 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9780801096433 |
This volume introduces the early Christian ideas of history and history writing and shows their value for developing Christian communities of the patristic era. It examines the ways early Christians related and transmitted their history: apologetics, martyrdom accounts, sacred biography, and the genre of church history proper. The book shows that exploring the lives and writings of both men and women of the ancient church helps readers understand how Christian identity is rooted in the faithful work of preceding generations. It also offers a corrective to the individualistic and ahistorical tendencies within contemporary Christianity.
| Author | : Alan Kreider |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 336 |
| Release | : 2016-03-29 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1493400339 |
How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and worship, yet the church grew--not by specific strategies but by patient ferment.
| Author | : James L. Papandrea |
| Publisher | : Ave Maria Press |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2019-11-22 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1594717729 |
Winner of a 2020 Catholic Press Association book award (first place, best new religious book series). Church history is a lot like the tale The Emperor’s New Clothes, according to Catholic historian James L. Papandrea: No one wants to seem unenlightened, so they pretend to see what’s not there. In The Early Church (33–313): St. Peter, the Apostles, and Martyrs, Papandrea refutes fourteen fashionable “mythconceptions” about early Christian history and enables believers to make sense of the Church’s beginnings. The first Apostles spread the message of Jesus Christ and were willing to suffer and die for their faith. The next generations of believers followed their example with zeal, producing inspiring martyrs including Sts. Justin and Perpetua, and great thinkers such as Irenaeus, and Tertullian. In this book, you will learn: No money or power was attached to being a bishop or priest in the early Church. Christian holidays were not adaptations of pagan celebrations. Christians have never believed in an eternal life for souls without bodies. The doctrine of the Trinity was not forced upon the Church by Constantine, but rather was a belief from the beginning of Christianity. Books in the Reclaiming Catholic History series, edited by Mike Aquilina and written by leading authors and historians, bring Church history to life, debunking the myths one era at a time
| Author | : Franz Dünzl |
| Publisher | : A&C Black |
| Total Pages | : 161 |
| Release | : 2007-10-30 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567031934 |
Franz Dünzl gives an account of the formation of the doctrine of the Trinity in a narrative based on contemporary sources: as he remarks in the preface, he wants to describe the human struggle over the truth of the Christian image of God and as far as possible let the early Christians speak for themselves. His main concern is to describe the dynamic of the disputes over the theology of the Trinity in a vivid way which is easy to follow, pointing out the foundations of the doctrine and the decisive shifts in its development. He tries to see the often bitter discussion not as a barren dispute but as an evolutionary process in which the rivalry is a necessary and positive factor in moving the debate forward. After an introduction to the problem, the book describes the beginning of christology and the first models of the relationship between 'Father' and 'Son': it then describes the controversies leading up to the Council of Nicaea, which are discussed at length, going on to show how Nicaea didn't settle the question and continuing the account up to the Council of Constantinople in 381. It brings out the political influences which governed this second stage of the discussion in an illuminating way. A survey and bibliography round the book off.
| Author | : W. H. C. Frend |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 1982 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : |
Frend's masterful survey, here presented with a new Preface and updated bibliographies, traces the historical and theological development of the Christian church from apostolic times through the fifth century. Frend charts the tumultuous and momentous process by which an obscure Palestinian Jewish sect became the official religion of the Roman Empire and achieved, despite conflict, schism, and heresy, a firm organizational, liturgical and doctrinal identity.
| Author | : Joe Heschmeyer |
| Publisher | : Catholic Answers Press |
| Total Pages | : 256 |
| Release | : 2021-10-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9781683572466 |
