The Rule of Faith
A Guide
The rule of faith was a summary of apostolic preaching and teaching made by writers of the early Christian centuries. As such it carries great importance for what the early church considered basic to its being and identity. It was not a fixed text, like a creed, but varied in wording and content according to circumstances. Yet, despite this flexibility and diversity, there is a clear Christ-centered, Trinitarian core at the heart of the rule shared by the early apostolic churches.In this short guide, Everett Ferguson introduces readers to the primary sources of our knowledge of the rule, the variety of ways in which ancient Christian authors…
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- ISBN: 978-1-62564-759-7
- EAN: 9781625647597
- Produktnummer: 18802003
- Verlag: Cascade Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
- Seitenangabe: 118 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B12.7 cm x D0.6 cm 136 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 136
Über den Autor
Everett Ferguson is Distinguished Scholar in Residence at Abilene Christian University. He was editor of The Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (2nd ed., 1997) and is author of many works including Early Christians Speak (2 vols., 1999, 2002); Backgrounds of Early Christianity (3rd ed., 2003); Inheriting Wisdom: Readings for Today from Ancient Christian Writers (2004); Church History, vol. 1, From Christ to Pre-Reformation (2005); and Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology, and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries (2009). Ferguson received the Distinguished Service Award from the North American Patristics Society (2008) and the Vestigia Award for Excellence in Early Christian Studies and Service to the Church from the Wheaton Center for Early Christian Studies (2002).
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