Vision for the Church Studies in Early Christian Ecclesiology

by Bockmuehl, Markus; Thompson, Michael B.

• ISBN13: 9780567085795
• ISBN10: 0567085791
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-18
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

What is the Church? Perhaps more importantly, what is it meant to be? How did its earliest members understand this body of which they had become a part?This is a textbook collection of fifteen essays by an international group of New Testament experts. They bring together a dynamic range of perspectives on how the early Christians viewed the Church: its origins, purpose and relation to Jewish Scriptures and to Jesus Christ; its place in the world and in God's plan; its community life and worship, in theory and in practice

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword
Abbreviations
Septuagintal and New Testament Conceptions of the Church	p. 1
Matthew's Vision for the Church	p. 19
Mark's Vision for the Church	p. 33
Luke's Vision for the Church	p. 45
Q and the 'Church': The Role of the Christian Community within Judaism according to Q	p. 65
A Vision for the Church: John's Gospel	p. 79
The Johannine Community and the Letters of John	p. 95
The Pauline Communities	p. 105
Romans 12.1-2 and Paul's Vision for Worship	p. 121
The Church in Hebrews	p. 133
James, I Peter, Jude and 2 Peter	p. 153
The Hearing Formula and the Visions of John in Revelation	p. 167
The Lamb and the Beast, the Sheep and the Goats: 'The Mystery of Salvation' in Revelation	p. 181
The Vision of the Church in the Apostolic Fathers	p. 193
Universalism and Particularism: Twin Components of Both Judaism and Early Christianity	p. 207
Select Bibliography of the Writings of J. P. M. Sweet	p. 225
List of Contributors	p. 227
Index of Ancient Sources	p. 229
Index of Modern Authors	p. 243
Index of Subjects	p. 247
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