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public services and offices in the earliest Christian communities
By James Tunstead Burtchaell
"From synagogue to church" was published by Cambridge University Press in 1992 - Cambridge, it has 375 pages and the language of the book is English.
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- Title: From synagogue to church
- Author: James Tunstead Burtchaell
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 375
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: 1992
- Publish Location: Cambridge
“From synagogue to church” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Synagogues - Church polity - Organization and administration - Pastoral theology (Judaism) - Pastoral theology - History - Histoire des doctrines - Histoire - Pastorale - Organisation - Relations - Église - Gouvernement - Kirche - Vroege kerk - Théologie pastorale - Judaïsme - Organisation et administration - Judentum - Kerkelijke ambten - Early church - Église catholique
- Time: Early church, ca. 30-600
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xviii, 375 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL1555998M - OL1875222W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 24545164
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 91036390
- ISBN-10: 0521418925
- All ISBNs: 0521418925
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For the last century and a half historians and theologians have strenuously invested themselves in dispute regarding the polity and order of the earliest Christian communities.
"From synagogue to church" Description:
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This important work engages with a long historical debate: were the earliest Christians under the direction of ordained ministers, or under the influence of inspired laypeople? Who was in charge: bishops, elders and deacons, or apostles, prophets and teachers? Rather than trace Church offices backwards, Burtchaell examines the contemporary Jewish communities and finds evidence that Christians simply continued the offices of the synagogue. Thus, he asserts that from the very first they were presided over by officers. The author then advances the provocative view that in the first century it was not the officers who spoke with the most authority. They presided, but did not lead, and deferred to more charismatic laypeople. Burtchaell sees the evidence in favor of the Catholic/Orthodox/Anglican view that bishops have always presided in the Christian Church. At the same time he argues alongside the Prostestants that in its formative era the Church deferred most to the judgment of those who were inspired, yet never ordained.
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