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Elders in every city : the origin and role of the ordained ministry / by Roger Beckwith.

Title
Elders in every city : the origin and role of the ordained ministry / by Roger Beckwith.
Author
Beckwith, Roger T.
Publication
Carlisle [England] : Paternoster Press, 2003.

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Description
103 p.; 20 cm.
Subject
  • 30-600
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
  • Church officers > History > Early period to 1500
  • Deacons > Biblical teaching
  • Elders (Church officers) > Biblical teaching
  • Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Genre/Form
History
Note
  • "Began as a series of addresses given at Whalley Abbey to clergy of the Blackburn diocese in January 1984"--Intro.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The preface to the Anglican Ordinal -- The original presbyter-bishop -- Ministry: charismatic and institutional -- The theories of Lightfoot and Kirk -- The Jewish presbyter or elder -- From Jewish presbyter to Christian presbyter-bishop -- From presbyter-bishops to bishop and presbyters -- The deacon -- The ordained ministry and the sacraments -- Subsequent developments -- Lessons for today.
ISBN
1842272306
OCLC
  • 54827941
  • SCSB-11572366
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library