The Volume 1 Ministry, initiation, and worship Ferguson, Everett 1933- creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. txu 2012 monographic eng 1 online resource. 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. Everett Ferguson. Includes bibliographic references. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 RELIGION / Christian Church / History RELIGION / Christianity / History BR165 270.1 Ferguson, Everett, 1933- (DLC) 2012025192 (OCoLC)878545653 9780891128618 (electronic bk.) 0891128611 (electronic bk.) http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=784235 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=784235 N$T 140630 20200709060132.0 ocn882109106 eng