The original bishops
Subtitle: office and order in the first Christian communities
By: Alistair C. Stewart
Publisher: Baker Academic; Brand: Baker Academic
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Michigan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 394
ISBN-13: 9780801049217
Subjects: Primitive and early church; History; Bishops; Church polity; Urchristentum; Christianity; Historia; Kyrkopolitik; Bischof; Church history; Church officers; Kirchliches Amt; Fornkyrkan; Biskopar; Presbyter
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: On "episkopoi" and "presbyteroi"; title: The economic functions of "episkopoi" and "diakonoi"; title: Presbyters in early Christian communities; title: Presbyters and "episkopoi" in emerging Christian communities; title: The causes of monepiscopacy.