Apostles and Bishops in Early Christianity
Author: Hugh Nibley
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781590383896
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Author: Hugh Nibley
Publisher: Shadow Mountain
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9781590383896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Edwina Murphy
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2018-09-24
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 3110600188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis study examines how Cyprian of Carthage, the most significant bishop in the early Latin tradition, appropriates the canonical Paul. Cyprian, like Paul, is a pastoral theologian, so his pastoral concerns provide a helpful lens through which to study his use of the apostle. These include divine truth and eternal glory; the church’s unity, ministry and sacraments; discipline and repentance; and wealth and welfare. Examining Cyprian’s use of Paul in these areas allows us to move beyond a simple literal/allegorical paradigm to appreciate the wide range of reading strategies used by Cyprian: model, image, maxim, title, contextual exegesis, direct application, prophetic fulfilment and qualification. It also provides a different perspective on Paul than the one arrived at by privileging a handful of texts. This study of Cyprian’s appropriation of Pauline texts therefore illuminates the interplay between text, context and theology in his exegesis. It also deepens our understanding of the early North African hermeneutical tradition and the early reception of Paul.
Author: Francis Aloysius Sullivan
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780809105342
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExamines the origins and development of the episcopacy in the early church with an eye toward its implications for current ecumenical issues relating to the episcopacy and apostolic succession.
Author: T.D. Jakes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-01-29
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 1416547339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShares uplifting advice about the virtues of forgiveness, offering strategic and biblically based advice on how to achieve peace and personal fulfillment by letting go of past wrongs.
Author: Ally Kateusz
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2019-02-18
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 3030111113
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is open access under a CC BY-NC-ND license. This book reveals exciting early Christian evidence that Mary was remembered as a powerful role model for women leaders—women apostles, baptizers, and presiders at the ritual meal. Early Christian art portrays Mary and other women clergy serving as deacon, presbyter/priest, and bishop. In addition, the two oldest surviving artifacts to depict people at an altar table inside a real church depict women and men in a gender-parallel liturgy inside two of the most important churches in Christendom—Old Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome and the second Hagia Sophia in Constantinople. Dr. Kateusz’s research brings to light centuries of censorship, both ancient and modern, and debunks the modern imagination that from the beginning only men were apostles and clergy.
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Publisher: Canongate Books
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 60
ISBN-13: 0857861018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.
Author: Bart D Ehrman
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-04-24
Total Pages: 302
ISBN-13: 0195343506
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the Publisher: Bart Ehrman, author of the bestsellers Misquoting Jesus and Truth and Fiction in The Da Vinci Code, here takes readers on another engaging tour of the early Christian church, illuminating the lives of three of Jesus' most intriguing followers: Simon Peter, Paul of Tarsus, and Mary Magdalene.
Author: Robert Morgan
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2010-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780785231899
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume introduces readers to preachers, popes, martyrs, heroes, and saints from 2,000 years of Christianity. This introduction to 365 of the most interesting men and women of faith brings a year's worth of inspiration and spiritual challenge.
Author: Joseph Barber Lightfoot
Publisher:
Published: 1898
Total Pages: 608
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond E. Brown
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2004-02-01
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 1725206129
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"With the whole Christian world looking on, we Catholics have entered a sometimes acrimonious debate with ourselves as to what should be expected of those who are in the special ministry of the Church, i.e., the priesthood--What manner of life should our priests live and what work should they do? Also under review is the role of the bishop, said traditionally to possess the fullness of the priesthood. We are asking whether the authority structure on all levels should be more collegial or democratic and what such a change would mean in light of the traditional theology of the episcopate. Ecumenically we are pondering our relationships to other churches in which there is no episcopate in apostolic succession." --from the Preface