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Author Ferguson, Everett, 1933-

Title Early Christians speak : faith and life in the first three centuries / Everett Ferguson
Edition Third edition
Published Abilene, Tex. : ACU [Abilene Christian University] Press, 1999

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Description 1 online resource (266, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
Contents The setting and sources for our study -- The faith preached and believed -- Baptism in the Second Century -- Alternatives to immersion -- The beginning of infant baptism -- Christian assemblies -- Early worship services -- Early accounts of the Lord's Supper -- The language of the real presence about the Lord's Supper -- Sacrificial ideas associated with the Lord's Supper -- The love feast (Agapē) -- Some early prayers -- Some early Christian hymns and poetry -- The organization of the early church -- Church discipline -- Christian living in the Second Century -- Early Christian acts of mercy -- Christians and military service -- Women in the early church
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Print version record
Subject Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Liturgics -- History
Christian life -- Early works to 1800.
Christian life -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
RELIGION -- Christian Church -- History.
Christian life
Christian life -- Early church
Church history -- Primitive and early church
Liturgics
Genre/Form Early works
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780891128427
0891128425