The Roman Primacy to A. D. 461
Author: B. J. Kidd
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1608997227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKB. J. Kidd was Lecturer of Pembroke College and Vicar of St. Paul's, Oxford.
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Author: B. J. Kidd
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1608997227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKB. J. Kidd was Lecturer of Pembroke College and Vicar of St. Paul's, Oxford.
Author: Church Literature Association (Great Britain)
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Published: 1936
Total Pages: 159
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Beresford James Kidd
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Published: 1936
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: B. J. Kidd
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2010-07-01
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1608997227
DOWNLOAD EBOOKB. J. Kidd was Lecturer of Pembroke College and Vicar of St. Paul's, Oxford.
Author: Herman Joseph Heuser
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Published: 1937
Total Pages: 668
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Thomas Langan
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 556
ISBN-13: 9780826211835
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLangan (philosophy, U. of Toronto) examines the history of the Catholic Church and the origins of its teachings since the Church's conception. Although committed to the Catholic religion, he does not obscure the Church's failings as he lays out the fundamentals of the faith. He provides insights into the great Christological councils, discusses the differences in the spiritualities of East and West, and portrays the crucial roles that the pope and bishops played during the Middle Ages. Incorporating the thought of Augustine, Acquinas, and medieval Catholicism, he traces the rise and decline of Christian Europe and the issues raised by reform. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author: Christopher W. B. Stephens
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 2015-05-21
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 0191046086
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristopher Stephens focuses on canon law as the starting point for a new interpretation of divisions between East and West in the Church after the death of Constantine the Great. He challenges the common assumption that bishops split between 'Nicenes' and 'non-Nicenes', 'Arians' or 'Eusebians'. Instead, he argues that questions of doctrine took second place to disputes about the status of individual bishops and broader issues of the role of ecclesiastical councils, the nature of episcopal authority, and in particular the supremacy of the bishop of Rome. Canon law allows the author to offer a fresh understanding of the purposes of councils in the East after 337 particularly the famed Dedication Council of 341 and the western meeting of the council of Serdica and the canon law written there, which elevated the bishop of Rome to an authority above all other bishops. Investigating the laws they wrote, the author describes the power struggles taking place in the years following 337 as bishops sought to elevate their status and grasp the opportunity for the absolute form of leadership Constantine had embodied. Combining a close study of the laws and events of this period with broader reflections on the nature of power and authority in the Church and the increasingly important role of canon law, the book offers a fresh narrative of one of the most significant periods in the development of the Church as an institution and of the bishop as a leader.
Author: R. J. Rushdoony
Publisher: Chalcedon Foundation
Published: 2014-06-17
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ISBN-13: 1879998467
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe question of where ultimacy lies should be central to the Christian. It is easy to see the social implications of allowing priority to fall to either the one or the many. This volume examines in-depth the Christian solution to the problem of the one and the many - the Trinitarian God. Only in the godhead is this dilemma resolved. Only in the Trinity does there reside an equal ultimacy of unity and plurality. Rushdoony examines the history of Western thought from the standpoint of the one and the many and demonstrates clearly that the most astute thinkers were unable to resolve this philosophical conflict. What is needed now is a complete return to the Trinitarian view of God and its implications for a Christian social order.
Author: J. E. Merdinger
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1997-01-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780300105285
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis groundbreaking book examines the vibrant North African Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries and its relationship to Rome. Merdinger provides a lively account of cases of canon law that arose in Africa but were adjudicated in Rome-including the notorious Apiarius affair-and shows how African Christians gradually became dependent on the papacy for enforcement of church discipline. A tour de force. Engagingly readable, full of lively details, it provides both an accessible introduction to the development of papal and episcopal authority in the West and a challenging new reading of the evidence for the initiated scholar. Merdinger's use of the recently published 'Divjak letters' of St. Augustine to re-interpret the relations of the Roman and North African Churches in the early fifth century is particularly exciting. Clearly this is the fullest and most sophisticated treatment available in English of a crucial period in the growth of Church life and structures.-Brian E. Daley, S. J., University of Notre Dame Merdinger's book achieves the seemingly impossible task of making the subject not only of wide general interest but actually a gripping read: the excitement of the cases which illustrate her central thesis often read like a very good historical novel...Her gift for telling a good story holds together a complicated and often protracted plot in an engaging way: characters breathe, emotions are stirred, circumstantial details beguile, complexity lends richness rather than confusion. This is history at its best.-Carol Harrison, Church Time