The Church in History Series The Church of the Catacombs: The Introduction to the Surging Life of the Early Church from the Apostles to AD 250, Based on Firsthand Accounts
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Book
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Catholic Church - History
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Publication Year
1964
Publisher
Concordia Publishing House, United States
Pages
131
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Description
Why did Christians gather in the catacombs? What do we know about their worship life? How did they perform baptism and celebrate the Eucharist? What forms did Christian teaching and church organization take? How did the church relate to government and society?
These questions are answered in fascinating descriptions of life from apostolic times to AD 250. The author has succeeded in making the surging life of ancient Christians as live and fresh as the morning newspaper. He avoids the dullness of merely writing about the early centuries by introducing the reader to writers of the period. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus "speak" to the modern reader in their own words. These firsthand reports provide a direct line with the early Christian period.
Readers will be surprised to discover how "modern" the issues of early Christians really are. The way they wrested with problems of mission, worship, organization, teaching, and relationships to the state provides help for the same concerns in the 20th century.
Walter Oetting offers adventure and discovery in The Church of the Catacombs, volume one in a projected Church in History paperback series.
These questions are answered in fascinating descriptions of life from apostolic times to AD 250. The author has succeeded in making the surging life of ancient Christians as live and fresh as the morning newspaper. He avoids the dullness of merely writing about the early centuries by introducing the reader to writers of the period. Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus "speak" to the modern reader in their own words. These firsthand reports provide a direct line with the early Christian period.
Readers will be surprised to discover how "modern" the issues of early Christians really are. The way they wrested with problems of mission, worship, organization, teaching, and relationships to the state provides help for the same concerns in the 20th century.
Walter Oetting offers adventure and discovery in The Church of the Catacombs, volume one in a projected Church in History paperback series.
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