Ferguson, Everett

Early Christians speak / Everett Ferguson. - Austin. TX : Sweet Publishing House, c1971. - 258 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes index

A word to the reader -- The setting and source for our study -- The faith preached and believed -- Baptism in the second century -- Substitutes for immersion -- The beginning of infant Baptism -- Christian assemblies -- Early worship services -- Early accounts of the Lord's supper -- The language of the real presence about the Lord's supper -- Sacrificial ideas associated with the Lord's supper -- The love feast -- Some early prayers -- Some early Christian hymns and poetry -- The organization of the early church -- Church discipline -- Christian living in the second century -- Early Christian Acts of Mercy -- Christians and military service -- Great women of the Ancient church

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CHURCH HISTORY--PRIMITIVE AND EARLY CHURCH, CA. 30-600
LITURGIES--HISTORY
CHRISTIAN LIFE--HISTORY--EARLY CHURCH, CA. 30-600

BR 165 / F381 1971