Church, ministry, and organization in the early church era /  [print] 
edited with introductions by Everett Ferguson. 
 - New York :  Garland Pub.,  (c)1993. 
 - xvi, 389 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Articles, including one in French, originally published 1918-1983. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Conceptions of the church in early times  La theologie du ministere dans l'Eglise ancienne  The image of the priest according to the three hierarchs  Episcopal elections in Cyprian : clerical and lay participation  The charismatic intellectual : Origen's understanding of religious leadership  Ancient ordination prayers  Laying on of hands : its significance in ordination  The dissemination of St. Augustine's doctrine of holy orders during the later patristic age  Irenaeus of Lugdunum and the apostolic succession  The authority of the ancient councils and the tradition of the Fathers  The procedure of St. Cyprian's synods  Deacons, deaconesses and the minor orders in the patristic period  The pre-Cyprianic doctrine of the priesthood of all Christians  The role of the layman in the ancient church  The Roman primacy in the second century and the problem of the development of dogma  A.J. Mason --  Willy Rordorf --  Lewis J. Patsavos --  Patrick Granfield --  Joseph W. Trigg --  Pierre-Marie Gy --  Everett Ferguson --  H.E.J. Cowdrey --  Einar Molland --  Georges Florovsky --  Philip R. Amidon --  J.G. Davies --  James Leo Garrett, Jr. --  George Huntston Williams --  James F 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>92042822 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GB93-30539 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Clergy--Office--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Church polity--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BV663 BV663.F352.C487 1993