The causes of the spiritual decline of the church in the first three centuries /By Holmes Paul Robertson.
Robertson, Holmes Paul,
The causes of the spiritual decline of the church in the first three centuries /By Holmes Paul Robertson. - 1960. - iii, 123 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript.
Introduction -- The Church Was Gradually Sidetracked From the Original Commission and Source of Power of the Apostles -- Heresy and Schism Threatened the Purity and Unity of the Church -- Persecution Purified and Complicated the Life of the Church -- The church Began a Change of Emphasis When It Attempted to Answer Its Enemies -- A New Emphasis Was Gradually Assimilated into Church Organization-Church Leaders Began to Govern Instead of to Preach and Teach -- The Rise of the Power of the Bishops was a Key to the Decline of the Church -- The Rise of Roman Leadership Helped to Centralize Church Authority and Control -- The Second and Third Centuries Saw a Great Change in Church Worship and Doctrine -- Other Problems Present in a Decaying Church -- The Union of Church and State was a Final and Fatal Step, Spiritually Speaking -- Conclusion.
Columbia Bible College--Dissertations.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
BV4070 / .C387 1960 BV4070
The causes of the spiritual decline of the church in the first three centuries /By Holmes Paul Robertson. - 1960. - iii, 123 leaves ; 29 cm.
Typescript.
Introduction -- The Church Was Gradually Sidetracked From the Original Commission and Source of Power of the Apostles -- Heresy and Schism Threatened the Purity and Unity of the Church -- Persecution Purified and Complicated the Life of the Church -- The church Began a Change of Emphasis When It Attempted to Answer Its Enemies -- A New Emphasis Was Gradually Assimilated into Church Organization-Church Leaders Began to Govern Instead of to Preach and Teach -- The Rise of the Power of the Bishops was a Key to the Decline of the Church -- The Rise of Roman Leadership Helped to Centralize Church Authority and Control -- The Second and Third Centuries Saw a Great Change in Church Worship and Doctrine -- Other Problems Present in a Decaying Church -- The Union of Church and State was a Final and Fatal Step, Spiritually Speaking -- Conclusion.
Columbia Bible College--Dissertations.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
BV4070 / .C387 1960 BV4070