The church and the ministry in the early centuries : the eighteenth series of the Cunningham lectures /
Lindsay, Thomas M.(Thomas Martin),1843-1914.
London : Hodder and Stoughton,
1903.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The New Testament conception of the church of Christ -- A Christian church in apostolic times -- The prophetic ministry of the primitive church -- The church of the first century; Creating its ministry. -- The churches of the second and third centuries; Changing their ministry -- The fall of the prophetic ministry and the conservative revolt -- Ministry changing to priesthood -- The Roman state religion and its effects on the organization of the church.
Church polity
Clergy