03110nam a2200493Ki 4500 ocn882109106 OCoLC 20200709060132.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 140630s2012 txu ob 000 0 eng d N$T eng rda pn N$T 9780891128618 (electronic bk.) 0891128611 (electronic bk.) 9780891125860 0891125868 (OCoLC)882109106 784235 (N$T) BR165 REL 108020 bisacsh REL 015000 bisacsh 270.1 23 N$TA Ferguson, Everett, 1933- author. The early church and today. Volume 1. Ministry, initiation, and worship / Everett Ferguson. Ministry, initiation, and worship Abilene, TX : Abilene Christain University Press, [2012] 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographic references. Part I. Church and ministry. Four freedoms of the church -- The ministry of the word in the first two centuries -- Ordination according to Acts: Acts 6:1-6 -- Laying on of hands in Acts 6:6 and 13:3 -- The authority and tenure of elders -- Church order in the sub-Apostolic period: a survey of interpretations -- The ministry in the Apostolic Fathers -- The "congregationalism" of the early church -- Article review of Dan William's Retrieving the tradition and renewing evangelicalism: a primer for suspicious Protestants -- Women in the post-Apostolic church -- Part II. Baptism and initiation. Baptismal motifs in the ancient church -- Baptism in the Partistic period -- Part III. Demonology. The demons according to Justin Martyr -- Origen's demonology -- Part IV. Worship and assembly. Justin Martyr and the liturgy -- "When you come together" -- I Timothy 2:8 -- Sabbath: Saturday or Sunday? a review article -- Part V. Church music. Jewish religious music in the first century -- temple, synagogue, home and sect -- The theology of singing -- The case for a cappella music in the Christian assembly -- Church music in Ephesians and Colossians: exegesis of Colossians 3:15-17 -- Early church history and the instrumental music controversy -- Congregational singing in the early church. Description based on print version record. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. RELIGION / Christian Church / History bisacsh RELIGION / Christianity / History bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Ferguson, Everett, 1933- Early church and today. Volume 1. Ministry, initiation, and worship 9780891125860 (DLC) 2012025192 (OCoLC)878545653 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=784235 EBSCOhost EBSC 784235 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54853 54853