The early church at work and worship.

Ferguson, Everett, 1933-

The early church at work and worship. Volume 2, Catechesis, baptism, eschatology, and martyrdom [electronic resource] / Catechesis, baptism, eschatology, and martyrdom Everett Ferguson. - 1 online resource (p. cm.)

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Irenaeus' Proof of the Apostolic Preaching and Early Catechetical Instruction; 2. Catechesis and Initiation; 3. Christian and Jewish Baptism according to the Epistle of Barnabas; 4. Baptism according to Origen; 5. The Doctrine of Baptism in Gregory of Nyssa's Oratio Catechetica; 6. Exhortations to Baptism in the Cappadocians; 7. Basil's Protreptic to Baptism; 8. Preaching at Epiphany: Gregory of Nyssa and John Chrysostom on Baptism and the Church; 9. Spiritual Circumcision in Early Christianity. 10. Inscriptions and the Origin of Infant Baptism11. The Disgrace and the Glory: A Jewish Motif in Early Christianity; 12. The Kingdom of God in Early Patristic Literature; 13. Was Barnabas a Chiliast? An Example of Hellenistic Number Symbolism in Barnabas and Clement of Alexandria; 14. Millennial and Amillennial Expectations in Christian Eschatology: Ancient and Medieval Views; 15. Number Symbolism in the Ancient World; 16. Divine Pedagogy: Origen's Use of the Imagery of Education; 17. Early Christian Martyrdom and Civil Disobedience; Bibliography; Back cover.

This is the second volume of Ferguson's collected essays, and includes some of his most memorable work.

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Catechetics--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Baptism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Eschatology--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Martyrdom--Christianity--History.
RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic
RELIGION / Christianity / General
Baptism--Early church.
Catechetics--Early church.
Eschatology--History of doctrines--Early church.
Martyrdom--Christianity.
Evangelistic work--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Religion.
Worship--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION / Christian Church / History


Electronic books.
History.

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