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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Formely Philosophia Patrum. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life an. To get started finding Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Formely Philosophia Patrum. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life an, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
257
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Release
2010
ISBN
128091467X
Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Formely Philosophia Patrum. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life an
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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Formely Philosophia Patrum. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life an. To get started finding Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae. Formely Philosophia Patrum. Texts and Studies of Early Christian Life an, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.