A popular account of the beginnings of the church from Jesus' ministry to the end of the New Testament period seen in the light of current scholarship.
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I've read several books about the historical Jesus and the early church. For me, this is the best. Einstein said that a good theory should be as simple as possible but no simpler. This book does a great job of presenting a coherent overview of how history and culture shaped the development of the first Christian communities without getting bogged down in every fact or conjecture. The author, a Catholic priest, is respectful of the belief in Jesus' divinity, but this does not bias his focus on how Christianity evolved from Judiasm. Both belivers and non-belivers should find this book insightful and compelling.
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As a Pastoral Minister and Catechetical leader I have read many books on the Church over the years. I wish I would have read this book years ago. This is one of the foremost accounts of the early Christian/Catholic church. It was clear, consise and written with scholarly conviction. This book will be my primary reference when teaching Church history and Christology.
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A dramatic shift is currently taking place within the Roman Catholic community concerning the way in which the beginnings of the church are understood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
levitical cult, current biblical scholarship, earliest believers, women deacons, full observance, fourth gospel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Asia Minor, Jewish Christians, Gentile Christians, Last Supper, John the Baptist, Book of Revelation, Roman Catholic Church, Jewish War, Book of Acts, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Roman Christians, Johannine Christians, John Mark, Mary Magdalene, Caesarea Philippi, Herod Agrippa, Herod the Great, Dead Sea, Jesus Christ, Roman Christianity, Jerusalem Christians, Mark Antony, Acts of the Apostles, Dogmatic Constitution New!
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A dramatic shift is currently taking place within the Roman Catholic community concerning the way in which the beginnings of the church are understood. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
levitical cult, current biblical scholarship, earliest believers, women deacons, full observance, fourth gospel Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Testament, Asia Minor, Jewish Christians, Gentile Christians, Last Supper, John the Baptist, Book of Revelation, Roman Catholic Church, Jewish War, Book of Acts, Pontifical Biblical Commission, Roman Christians, Johannine Christians, John Mark, Mary Magdalene, Caesarea Philippi, Herod Agrippa, Herod the Great, Dead Sea, Jesus Christ, Roman Christianity, Jerusalem Christians, Mark Antony, Acts of the Apostles, Dogmatic Constitution New!
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- The Gospel and the Church (Classics of Biblical Criticism) by Alfred Firmin Loisy on page 5, and page 7
- Ministering in the Pauline Churches by Pheme Perkins on page 125, and Back Matter
- Colossians and Philemon (LifeChange) by The Navigators in Back Matter
- The New Testament: An Introduction by Norman Perrin in Back Matter
- Peter in the New Testament by Raymond Brown in Back Matter
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- Spirited Women: Encountering the First Women Believers by Mary Ellen Ashcroft on 5 pages
- Christ Among Us: A Modern Presentation of the Catholic Faith for Adults (6th Edition) by Anthony Wilhelm on page 170
- Church: A Spirited Communion (Theology and Life Series ; V. 40) by Michael G. Lawler in Back Matter
- The Church Before Christianity by Wes Howard-Brook in Back Matter
- The Church Unfinished: Ecclesiology Through The Centuries by Bernard P. Prusak in Back Matter
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