The Volume 1Ministry, Ordination, Covenant, and CanonFerguson, Everett1933-creatorauthor.textbibliographyElectronic books.Criticism, interpretation, etc.History.enk2014monographiceng1 online resource.""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""Everett Ferguson.Includes bibliographical references.WorshipHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Church historyPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600Christian lifeHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Theology, DoctrinalHistoryEarly church, ca. 30-600Christian literature, EarlyHistory and criticismRELIGION / Christian Church / HistoryRELIGION / Christianity / HistoryChristian lifeEarly churchChristian literature, EarlyChurch historyPrimitive and early churchTheology, DoctrinalEarly churchWorshipEarly churchChurch history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 30-600 fast BR195.C5 F47 2014270.1(OCoLC)8878546459780227903742022790374913220954429781322095448640795 MIL22573/ctt1cg83jj JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=880965http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=880965N$T14110520200709060254.0ocn894512037eng