The community of the beloved disciple
By: Raymond E. Brown.
Publisher: Paulist Press
Published: 1979
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Beloved Disciple; Bible. N.T. John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Bible. N.T. Epistles of John -- Criticism, interpretation, etc; Church -- Biblical teaching
Description: "This study in Johannine ecclesiology reconstructs the history of one Christian community in the first century -- a community whose life from its inception to its last hour is reflected in the Gospel and Epistles of John. It was a community that struggled with the world, with the Jews, and with other Christians. Eventually the struggle spread even to its own ranks. It was, in short, a community not unlike the Church of today. This book offers a different view of the traditional Johannine eagle. In the Gospel the eagle soars above the earth, but with talons bared for the fray. In the Epistles we discover the eaglets tearing at each other for possession of the nest" -- Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.