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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
This is the second volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and
includes some of his most memorable work.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Part of a six-volume set that should provide an introduction to key
areas of research and debate on the early history of Christianity,
this book focuses on the affect early Christianity had on people's
lives.
Product Note: 2 Volume Set
This magisterial volume is a comprehensive survey of the doctrine
and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian
history, arranged geographically within chronological periods.
Baptism in the Early Church covers the antecedents to Christian
baptism and traces the history of Christian doctrine and practice
from the New Testament through the writings of the church fathers
of the fourth and fifth centuries. The book deals primarily with
the literary sources, though it also gives attention to depictions
of baptism (primarily of Jesus) in various art forms and to the
surviving baptismal fonts. Ferguson's thorough study points to the
central importance of baptism in the early church. Many blessings
were attributed to baptism, but the two earliest and most
consistently mentioned are forgiveness of sins and the reception of
the Holy Spirit; faith and repentance were necessary in order to
receive these benefits. Jewish immersion rites, the practice of
John the Baptist, the meaning of the words used for baptism, the
literary descriptions, and the material remains argue that full
immersion was the normal practice, and the evidence from art is
consistent with this interpretation. Containing nearly everything
currently known about the early Christian ritual of baptism, with
extensive citations to the primary and secondary literature,
Ferguson's Baptism in the Early Church is destined to be a standard
reference work.
Church History, Volume One offers a unique contextual view of how
the Christian church spread and grew from its development in the
days of Jesus to the years leading up to the Reformation. Looking
closely at the integral link between the history of the world and
that of the church, Church History paints a portrait of God's
people within its setting of times, cultures, and events that both
influenced and were influenced by the church. FEATURES: Maps,
charts, and illustrations spanning the time from the first through
the thirteenth centuries. Overviews of the Roman, Greek, and Jewish
worlds and how they developed or declined. Insights into the
church's relationship to the Roman Empire, with glimpses into pagan
attitudes toward Christians. Explanations of the role of art,
architecture, literature, and philosophy-both sacred and secular-in
the Church. Details on the major theological controversies of the
periods. Each chapter also contains callout passages from Scripture
to assist in understanding the narrative of the Church, even to the
present day, as part of the greater narrative of the Bible.
AUTHOR'S PERSPECTIVE: Scholar and writer Everett Ferguson wrote
this history of the church from the perspective that such a history
is the story of the greatest movement and community the world has
known. It's a human story of a divinely called people who wanted to
live by a divine revelation. It's a story of how they succeeded and
how they failed or fell short of their calling. From the Apostle
Paul to the apologists and martyrs of the second century to Martin
Luther, the historical figures detailed are people who have
struggled with the meaning of the greatest event in history-the
coming of the Son of God-and with their role in that event and in
the lives of God's people.
Many recognise Everett Ferguson as the definitive voice on early
Christianity, patristic writing and ecclesiology. The Early Church
at Work and Worship is a challenging collection, broad in scope and
formidable in depth. This is the first volume of Ferguson's
collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work,
especially on "laying on of hands". Practices of Ordination and
attitudes to religious schism in antiquity are analysed by the
scholar in this collection, which not only includes articles and
publications from various sources, but also previously unpublished
material.
About the Contributor(s): Philip LeMasters is Dean of the School of
Social Sciences and Religion at McMurry University and the
Corporate Secretary of the Board of Trustees of St. Vladimir's
Orthodox Theological Seminary. A priest of the Antiochian Orthodox
Christian Archdiocese of North America, he is the author of Toward
a Eucharistic Vision of Church, Family, Marriage, and Sex (2004)
and The Goodness of God's Creation: How to Live as an Orthodox
Christian (2008).
A collection of five lectures which provide a much-needed study of
the demonic in New Testament literature and thought, with useful
summaries of demonology in the Greek and Jewish literature of that
era.
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