Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Christian Theology - Ecclesiology

Zwei koptische Handschriften biblischen Inhalts aus der Papyrus-Sammlung der Universitat von Michigan werden hier, versehen mit einer deutschen Ubersetzung, erstmals ediert. Ausfuhrliche Indices erschlieen die beiden Papyri.

Papyrus Michigan 3520 enthalt die biblischen Bucher Ecclesiastes, 1. Johannesbrief und 2. Petrusbrief in einer fruhen Spielart des Fayumischen (Dialekt V4). Die Handschrift stammt wahrscheinlich aus der ersten Halfte des 4. Jahrhunderts und ist schon allein durch ihr hohes Alter von auerordentlichem wissenschaftlichen Rang- sowohl fur die...

This interpretation and commentary of the first book of Augustine's earliest extant work Contra Academicos establishes for the first time a close relationship between the topicalisation of various methods for imparting knowledge in the first book of the dialogue (reading, conversation, divination) and the argument with the sceptics. The disputed role of Cicero's protreptic dialogue Hortensius as a reference text is clarified. The commentary furnishes detailed analyses of the argumentative structure and a wealth of information on philological, historical and philosophical issues.

The Russian school of modern Orthodox theology has made an immense but undervalued contribution to Christian thought.
Neglected in Western theology, and viewed with suspicion by some other schools of Orthodox theology, its three greatest thinkers have laid the foundations for a new ecumenism and a recovery of the cosmic dimension of Christianity.

This ground-breaking study includes biographical sketches of Aleksandr Bukharev (Archimandrite Feodor), Vladimir Soloviev and
Sergii Bulgakov, together with the necessary historical background. Professor Valliere then examines the...

"Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you through prophecy with the laying of hands by the council of elders" (1Tim. 4:14). Members of the church today can comprehend Paul's sentiment to Timothy. While not all ordained, all baptized Christians have experienced the laying on of hands in baptism. They have been touched by that mysterious mix of charism, initiated into the Body of Christ through the Holy Spirit, as well as launched into life with Christ through the institution of the Church with all its concreteness, ambiguity, sinfulness and goodness. Through the lens...

What is a church? This can be a difficult question to answer and Christians have offered a variety of perspectives. Gregg Allison explores and synthesizes all that Scripture affirms about the new covenant people of God, capturing a full picture of the biblical church. He covers the topics of the church's identity and characteristics; its growth through purity, unity, and discipline; its offices and leadership structures; its ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper; and its ministries. Here is a rich approach to ecclesiology consisting of sustained doctrinal reflection...

In our changing world how do Christians come together in non-traditional ways? An expert takes a look at some of the most significant gospel-advancing movements and trends to take place in the latter twentieth and twenty-first centuries in the United States. New Christian groups examined include: the Church Growth Movement, Missional Church Movement, Multisite Movement, the rise of church planting networks, the House Church Movement, and the Emerging Church Movement. Readers are introduced to each expression, along with important definitions, history, convictions, and...