01314nam a2200301 a 4500 20260119070728.0 2022-08-20 16:21:23 9780801049217 1 0 eng 262.1209015 A414-S85 Stewart, Alistair Charles (1960-...) Author 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 Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-600 https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/20/_150232493_140.jpg Cover Image 8826 8826 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-8826 0.00 BK