01395nam a2200313 a 450000500170000000800200001702000180003704000060005504100100006108200160007108200130008710000300010010000150013010000110014524500250015624500560018124500290023726000110026626000190027726000090029630000110030530000140031630000090033052005050033965000600084485600930090499900150099795200690101220260119070728.02022-08-20 16:21:23  a9780801049217  a1  a0 eng  a262.1209015  bA414-S85  aStewart, Alistair Charles  d(1960-...)  eAuthor  aThe original bishops  bOffice and order in the first Christian communities  cAlistair Charles Stewart  aU.S.A.  bBaker Academic  c2014  a394tr.  bHardcover  c23cm  aThis 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  aChurch history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-6004 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/8/20/_150232493_140.jpgyCover Image  c8826d8826  00104070aTVCDbTVCDd2026-01-20g0.00l0pTVCD-8826v0.00yBK