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Author: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2014-06-27
Total Pages: 364
ISBN-13: 1630873098
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on "laying on of hands."
Author: Ralph P. Martin
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9780802816139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRefers to New Testament teachings while delineating the nature of early Christian worship of God. Bibliogs.
Author: Andrew B. McGowan
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2014-09-30
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1441246312
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Now in paper.
Author: Matthew Kaemingk
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2020-11-17
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1493423878
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe modern chasm between "secular" work and "sacred" worship has had a devastating impact on Western Christianity. Drawing on years of research, ministry, and leadership experience, Kaemingk and Willson explain why Sunday morning worship and Monday morning work desperately need to inform and impact one another. Together they engage in a rich biblical, theological, and historical exploration of the deep and life-giving connections between labor and liturgy. In so doing, Kaemingk and Willson offer new ways in which Christian communities can live seamless lives of work and worship.
Author: Lawrence J. Johnson
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780814661970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 1: Jewish prayers from table and synagogue; Subapostolic Era: the Didache, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor Hermas; Second Century: Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, Melito of Sardis; Third Century: Tertullian, Cyprian of Carthage, Hippolytus of Rome, the Didascalia of the Apostles, Origen, the Apostolic Church Order; and others.
Author: Alan Kreider
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2016-03-29
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1493400339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow 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: Joe Heschmeyer
Publisher: Catholic Answers Press
Published: 2021-10-15
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781683572466
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Everett Ferguson
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2017-10-19
Total Pages: 411
ISBN-13: 1608993663
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the third volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work, especially on "laying on of hands."
Author: Larry W. Hurtado
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2000-09-07
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780802847492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"At the Origins of Christian Worship" can deepen readers' understanding of early Christian worship by setting it within the context of the Roman world in which it developed. Hurtado highlights the two central characteristics of earliest Christian worship: its exclusive rejection of the ancient-world gods and its inclusion of Christ with God as the focus of devotion.
Author: James D. G. Dunn
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 1611640709
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo answer the title question effectively requires more than the citing of a few texts; we must first acknowledge that the way to the answer is more difficult than it appears and recognize that the answer may be less straightforward than many would like. The author raises some fascinating yet vexing questions: What is worship? Is the fact that worship is offered to God (or a god) what defines him (or her) as "G/god?" What does the act of worship actually involve? The conviction that God exalted Jesus to his right hand obviously is central to Christian recognition of the divine status of Jesus. But what did that mean for the first Christians as they sought to reconcile God's status and that of the human Jesus? Perhaps the worship of Jesus was not an alternative to worship of God but another way of worshiping God. The questions are challenging but readers are ably guided by James Dunn, one of the world's top New Testament scholars.
