| The Spreading Flame: The Rise and Progress of Christianity from its First Beginnings to the Conversion of the English Contributor(s): Bruce, F. F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1842273035 ISBN-13: 9781842273036 Publisher: Authentic OUR PRICE: $31.34 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1969 Annotation: Towards Baptist Catholicity contends that the reconstruction of the Baptist vision requires a retrieval of the ancient ecumenical traditions. Themes explored include catholic identity tradition as a theological category the relationship between Baptist confessions of faith and the patristic tradition the importance of Trinitarian catholicity catholicity in biblical interpretation Karl Barth as a paradigm for evangelical retrieval of the patristic theological tradition worship as a principal bearer of tradition and the role of Baptist higher education in shaping the Christian vision. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - General - Religion | Christian Church - Administration |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.3" W x 9.14" (1.39 lbs) 436 pages |
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| Publisher Description: "This is the work of a most painstaking student and scholar well abreast of the latest historical research.... It shows abundant evidence of wide and careful study and gives us a concise and very readable account of the origins of the Christian Church, its chequered history, the heresies which challenged it, as well as the development of its worship, discipline and government.... It proves a valuable handbook for the theological student and for the ordinary keen Church member." The English Churchman |