Evangelicals and Tradition: The Formative Influence of the Early Church (Evangelical Ressourcement: Ancient Sources for the Churchs Future)
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780801027130
Subjects: Religion - Theology; Fathers of the church; Christianity - Theology - History; Religion; Tradition (Theology); Theology; Christian Ministry - Evangelism; Christian Theology - History; Christianity - History - General; Church History, Theology: General Studies/Reference, Evangelicalism, Patristics; Religion / Christianity / Theology / History; Christianity - Protestanism; Christianity - Protestant; Evangelicalism; Christianity - Evangelism
Description: "Evangelicals and Tradition is the first in a new series of monographs on the church fathers entitled Evangelical Ressourcement: Ancient Sources for the Church's Future. This volume lays the groundwork for the series by examining the concept of tradition--its definition, origin, and components. Williams addresses the issue of tradition and authority in the early church and discusses the relationship between tradition and the Protestant 'traditions' of sola scriptura and sola fide. Finally, he examines numerous examples of how tradition was used in the early church, including confessions of faith, catecheses, rules of faith, commentaries, homilies, theological hymnody, and theological works"--Publisher description.