The original bishops Office and order in the first Christian communities
Stewart, Alistair Charles (1960-...)
The original bishops Office and order in the first Christian communities Alistair Charles Stewart - U.S.A. Baker Academic 2014 - 394tr. Hardcover 23cm
This work provides a new starting point for studying the origins of church offices. Alistair Stewart, a leading authority on early Christianity and a meticulous scholar, provides the essential groundwork for historical and theological discussions. Stewart refutes a long-held consensus that church offices emerged from collective leadership at the end of the first century. He argues that governance by elders was unknown in the first centuries and that bishops emerged at the beginning of the church
9780801049217
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-600
262.1209015 / A414-S85
The original bishops Office and order in the first Christian communities Alistair Charles Stewart - U.S.A. Baker Academic 2014 - 394tr. Hardcover 23cm
This work provides a new starting point for studying the origins of church offices. Alistair Stewart, a leading authority on early Christianity and a meticulous scholar, provides the essential groundwork for historical and theological discussions. Stewart refutes a long-held consensus that church offices emerged from collective leadership at the end of the first century. He argues that governance by elders was unknown in the first centuries and that bishops emerged at the beginning of the church
9780801049217
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-600
262.1209015 / A414-S85