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After the Apostles

Christianity in the Second Century
  • ISBN-13: 9780800625672
  • Publisher: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUBLISHERS
    Imprint: AUGSBURG BOOKS
  • By Walter H. Wagner
  • Price: AUD $49.99
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  • Local release date: 30/04/1994
  • Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 135.00mm) 296 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: The Early Church [HRCC1]
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Perhaps the most enigmatic period of the Christian era, the second century was nonetheless decisive for the survival and posture of the fledgling churches. Their scriptural canon, liturgical practices, church structure, doctrinal norms - all were forged in the tumult of this century. Through deft use of available data and texts, Wagner brings this period to life. Selecting five fateful challenges - issues of Creation, human nature, Jesus' identities, roles of the church, and Christians in society - he shows what was at stake for emerging Christianity in the social and religious currents of its Jewish and Greco-Roman environs and how five key personalities (Ignatius, Justin, Clement of Alexandria, Tertullian and Irenaeus) responded. Wagner's text successfully brings events, ideas, persons and movements into a single framework.
Walter H. Wagner was Associate Professor of Religion at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he now serves Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church as Senior Pastor.
Preface The Church at the End of the Second Century Rome's Rulers 31 B.C.E.-235 C.E Part I: Kingdom and Empire Christian Expectations and Frustrations Jews and Christians Imperial Visions and Realities Greco-Roman Dilemmas Part II: Challenges for Christians The First Challenge: Creator and Creation The Second Challenge: Human Nature and Destiny The Third Challenge: Indentities for Jesus The Fourth Challenge: The Church's Place The Fifth Challenge: Christians and Society Part III: Five Leaders Respond Ignatius of Antioch Justin Martyr Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Irenaeus of Lyons Assessments Abbreviations Notes Glossary Bibliography Index of Persons and Places of Antiquity Subject Index
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