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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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In this accessible historical overview of Sunday, noted scholar Justo González tells the story of how and why Christians have worshiped on Sunday from the earliest days of the church to the present.
After discussing the views and practices relating to Sunday in the ancient church, González turns to Constantine and how his policies affected Sunday observances. He then recounts the long process, beginning in the Middle Ages and culminating with...
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Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A concise history of the Bible: its creation, use, and interpretation. What is the Bible? To answer this question we must understand the Bible's origins in the early church. In this book, celebrated church historian Justo González introduces the reader to some important features of the earliest Bibles -- for instance, the Bible's original languages, its division into chapters and verses, and even its physical appearance in its first forms. González...
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English
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New, different readings of church history are finally reflecting Christianity's deep roots in every culture worldwide. González listens to voices from centers other than the North Atlantic to help us see a different perspective of church history--a global story that includes those previously marginalized--as he offers us a hopeful outlook for the future of world Christianity.
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HASTA TIEMPOS RELATIVAMENTE RECIENTES, los eruditos han prestado poca atención a las enseñanzas de la iglesia antigua sobre temas tales como la propiedad, su origen, su propósito y su uso. Cuando por primera vez leí las epístolas de Ignacio de Antioquía, hace ya casi seis décadas, me fascinó lo que Ignacio decía acerca del sentido de la comunión y de la unidad de la iglesia. Me fascinó tanto que a partir de entonces he pasado buena parte...
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English
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Historical events have long been the standard lens through which scholars have sought to understand the theology of Christianity in late antiquity. The lives of significant theological figures, the rejection of individuals and movements as heretical, and the Trinitarian and christological controversiesthe defining theological events of the early churchhave long provided the...
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English
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"I do not hope to convince you so that you will believe. That is to be left to the Holy Spirit. I write to you because you share the faith by which I live. I write so that you may share my joy in seeking to understand better this truth that our hearts believe and love."
In Knowing Our Faith Justo González introduces the Christian faith in direct, contemporary language that does not assume prior knowledge. While recognizing the existence of various...
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English
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While many histories of Christian worship exist, this project undertakes a task both more focused and more urgent. Rather than survey the whole history of the Christian church, it focuses on the formative period between the first and fifth centuries CE, when so many of the understandings and patterns of Christian worship came to be. And rather than include such developments as the monastic hours of prayer and the history of ordination, the authors...
Author
Publisher
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Lord's Prayer is one of the oldest and most widely used short summaries not only of how Christians pray but of what they believe about God, the world, and humankind. Justo González, whose textbooks have taught Christian doctrine and history to thousands of pastors, draws on scripture, the Church Fathers, and his own life experience to make this vital prayer from the Christian past comprehensible for readers who want to understand -- and live...
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