How should a contemporary reader understand the complexities of the early church? Many scholars utilize a religious studies perspective to understand the early church concluding that the church grew as a direct result (synthesis) of group conflicts (in particular, the Pauline and Petrine communities). This essay approaches the early church from a different paradigm. Using theological analysis, the author concludes that although the early church contained elements of diversity, she exhibits significant unity. The Catholic Epistles (the letters of James, Peter, John, and Jude) are independent letters that are interconnected by the Jerusalem tradition, and the theologies of these letters reflect the unique character of the early church. Theref...
The current study seeks to examine the contribution of the apostle Paul to the search for the unity ...
LC copy replaced by microfilm.Conceptions of the church in early times, by A. J. Mason.--The Christi...
The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of...
Remarks on early catholicism in the New Testament, with special reference to the letters to the Colo...
<p><strong>The Apostolic tradition in the Early Church’s understanding of Scripture and ...
<strong>The Apostolic tradition in the Church’s understanding of Scripture and faith from Refo...
This article analyzes Paul’s view of the church in the epistle of Ephesians and how this view should...
This paper explores the role of the appeal to the early Church in Old Catholic theology, describing ...
This last essay of a three-part research on early Jewish-Christian traditions and Gnostic movements ...
The issue of diversity in early Christianity has recently attracted a lively scholarly interest. In ...
Early church is a prototype of church, even able to become actual pattern of today’s church. Living ...
This study offers a fresh approach to reception historical studies of New Testament texts, guided by...
The 'assemblies' founded by Paul in the cities of the Mediterranean world were in many respects comp...
The issue of ecclesiastical ministries, services and offices has always attracted attention of theol...
Abstract : Jesus Tradition – early Christian traditions from and about Jesus - plays an important ro...
The current study seeks to examine the contribution of the apostle Paul to the search for the unity ...
LC copy replaced by microfilm.Conceptions of the church in early times, by A. J. Mason.--The Christi...
The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of...
Remarks on early catholicism in the New Testament, with special reference to the letters to the Colo...
<p><strong>The Apostolic tradition in the Early Church’s understanding of Scripture and ...
<strong>The Apostolic tradition in the Church’s understanding of Scripture and faith from Refo...
This article analyzes Paul’s view of the church in the epistle of Ephesians and how this view should...
This paper explores the role of the appeal to the early Church in Old Catholic theology, describing ...
This last essay of a three-part research on early Jewish-Christian traditions and Gnostic movements ...
The issue of diversity in early Christianity has recently attracted a lively scholarly interest. In ...
Early church is a prototype of church, even able to become actual pattern of today’s church. Living ...
This study offers a fresh approach to reception historical studies of New Testament texts, guided by...
The 'assemblies' founded by Paul in the cities of the Mediterranean world were in many respects comp...
The issue of ecclesiastical ministries, services and offices has always attracted attention of theol...
Abstract : Jesus Tradition – early Christian traditions from and about Jesus - plays an important ro...
The current study seeks to examine the contribution of the apostle Paul to the search for the unity ...
LC copy replaced by microfilm.Conceptions of the church in early times, by A. J. Mason.--The Christi...
The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of...