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The Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought (Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, V. 70)

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
9004126112, 9789004126114, 9781429407175
Open Library ID
OL12798758M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1535954 bytes)
Pages
258\272
Topic
Religion
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This volume deals with how Christians of the first centuries looked back on the period of the nascent Church. Thanks to the incomparable stature of its founder, Jesus Christ, who had descended from heaven and commissioned his Apostles, this period was authorative for all Christians in matters of doctrine, institutions, rites and morality, a new phenomenon in the Graeco-Roman world. Its implications are explored in sixteen essays dealing with various subjects such as liturgy, the canon of Scriptures, the role of miracles, art, monasticism, and ministry. All contributions, taking into account both the views of individual Church fathers and Gnostic and Manichaean texts, make a large amount of primary material available.

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