Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism <subTitle>A primer for suspicious Protestants</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Williams, Daniel H.</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">1:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.</publisher> <dateIssued>1999</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>243tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback, illustrations</extent> <extent>23 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Written to help Protestant Christians recognize the early church fathers as an essential part of their faith, this book is addressed primarily to the evangelical, independent, and free church communities, who remain largely suspicious of church history and the relationship between Scripture and tradition. D.H. Williams clearly explains why every branch of today's church owes its heritage to the doctrinal foundation laid by postapostolic Christianity. Based on solid historical scholarship, this volume shows that embracing the ""catholic"" roots of the faith will not lead to the loss of Protestant distinctiveness but is essential for preserving the Christian vision in our rapidly changing world.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Daniel H. Williams</note> <subject> <topic>Protestant and Catholic perspectives</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Evangelicalism</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Tradition (Theology)</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">230.044</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D184-W72</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780802846686, 0802846688</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11523/19.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/11523/19.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071027.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>