Vision for the Church Studies in Early Christian Ecclesiology
, by Bockmuehl, Markus; Thompson, Michael B.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780567085795 | 0567085791
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 12/18/2000
What is the Church? Perhaps more importantly, what is it meant to be? How did its earliest members understand this body of which they had become a part?This is a textbook collection of fifteen essays by an international group of New Testament experts. They bring together a dynamic range of perspectives on how the early Christians viewed the Church: its origins, purpose and relation to Jewish Scriptures and to Jesus Christ; its place in the world and in God's plan; its community life and worship, in theory and in practice