Ferguson, Everett,  1933- <br/><br/>
The Early Church at Work and Worship.  Volume 1,  Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon / 
 Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and Canon 
Everett Ferguson. 
 - 1 online resource. 
 - Early Church at Work and Worship ;  v.1 .
 - Early Church at Work and Worship. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>""Front Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""1. Images of the Church in Early Christian Literature""; ""2. Attitudes to Schism at the Council of Nicaea""; ""3. A Note on Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses IV.8.3""; ""4. Ordination in the Ancient Church, I: Greek, Roman, and Jewish Backgrounds""; ""5. Ordination in the Ancient Church, II: The Ceremony of Ordination""; ""6. Ordination in the Ancient Church, III: Ordination in the Second and Third Centuries""; ""7. Ordination and the Early Church, IV: Ordination in the First Century"" ""8. Selection and Installation to Office in Roman, Greek, Jewish, and Christian Antiquity""""9. Jewish and Christian Ordination: Some Observations""; ""10. Qumran and Codex D""; ""11. Origen and the Election of Bishops""; ""12. Eusebius and Ordination""; ""13. Laying on of Hands: Its Significance in Ordination""; ""14. The Covenant Idea in the Second Century""; ""15. Justin Martyr on Jews, Christians, and the Covenant""; ""16. Canon Muratori: Date and Provenance""; ""17. The Muratorian Fragment and the Canon: Review of Hahneman""; ""18. Pseudepigraphy: Post-Canonical Letters"" ""19. Factors Leading to the Selection and Closure of the New Testament Canon""""Bibliography""; ""Back Cover"" 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780227903742 0227903749 1322095442 9781322095448 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>640795  MIL 22573/ctt1cg83jj  JSTOR 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>30-600 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Worship--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Christian life--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.<br/>RELIGION / Christian Church / History<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / History<br/>Christian life--Early church.<br/>Christian literature, Early.<br/>Church history--Primitive and early church.<br/>Theology, Doctrinal--Early church.<br/>Worship--Early church.<br/>Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.<br/>Criticism, interpretation, etc.<br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BR195.C5  / F47 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>270.1