In sixteen essays this book provides an up-to-date and well-structured treatment of all the central institutions of the early Church. The essays cover the following topics: the self-understanding, wor
The contributors to this volume address the key institutions of the emerging Church, considering the development of rituals and sacraments, and the development of Church leadership, and of the Church
The contributors to this volume address the key institutions of the first and second Church, considering the development of rituals and sacraments, and the development of Church leadership, and of the
