دانلود کتاب Formation And Struggles: The Church Ad 33-450: the Birth of the Church Ad 33-200, Volume 1, Part 1

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CONTENTS\nILLUSTRATIONS\nFOREWORD\nPREFACE\nABBREVIATIONS\nINTRODUCTION\nCH. 1. Jesus of Nazareth: The Founder\n The Four Gospels\n Jesus of the Gospels\n Birth, Baptism and Public Ministry\n Who Was Jesus?\n To Jerusalem for Passover\n From the Last Supper to the Crucifixion\n Arrest and Trials\n Responsibility for the Crucifixion\nCH. 2. The Birth of the Church in Jerusalem\n Sources for the Study of the Jerusalem Church\n Trilingual Palestine\n Building Community\n Community Disturbances\n Pentecost and the Appointment of the Seven\nCH. 3. The Expansion of the Church Beyond Jerusalem\n The Expansion of the Christian Movement\n The Brothers of Jesus\n The Twelve as Members of the Apostolate\n The Development in Theological Expression\nCH. 4. The Church’s Encounter with Syncretism\n Asclepius and the Ministry of Healing\n The Mystery Religions and the “Christian Mystery”\nCH. 5. The Apostle Paul’s Upbringing and Conversion\n Education in Tarsus\n From Tarsus to Jerusalem\n Paul’s Journey to Damascus and Conversion\n Paul’s Meeting with Cephas\n The Church at Antioch\n The Jerusalem Conference\nCH. 6. The Apostle Paul’s Mission to the Diaspora\n Paul’s Life as a Missionary\n The House Churches\n The Rites of Baptism and Eucharist\n Ministries in the Charismatic Churches\n Women in Paul’s Churches\n Paul’s Exercise of Authority\nCH. 7. The Rift between Christians and Jews\n The Destruction of the Temple\n Tensions Reflected in the Gospel of Matthew\n The Evangelist John and Anti-Jewish Polemic\n The Second Jewish-Roman War\n The Letter to the Hebrews and Roman Christians\n The Jewish-Christian Sects\nCH. 8. The New Christian Centers: Rome, Antioch, and Alexandria\n Rome, the Center of the Empire\n 1 Clement\n 2 Clement\n The Shepherd of Hermas\n Antioch, the Center of Early Mission\n The Didache\n The Letters of St Ignatius\n Alexandria, the Second City of the Empire\n The Scriptural Interpretation by the Apostolic Fathers\nCH. 9. Persecution and Martyrdom: The Testimony of Blood\n The Persecution of Christians in Asia Minor\n The Martyrdom of Polycarp\n The Martyrdom of Justin\n The Persecution of Christians in Gaul\n The Proceedings against Christians in North Africa\n The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas\nCH. 10. Christian Apologists: The Testimony of the Writings\n Second-Century Apologists\n Justin Martyr, the Foremost Apologist\n Justin’s Use of Greek Philosophy\n Justin’s Account of Church Life\n Tatian, Justin’s Disciple\n Athenagoras of Athens and Theophilus of Antioch\n Tertullian\n The Debate between Celsus and Origen\n Conclusion\nCH. 11. St Irenaeus: The Church’s Conflict with Gnosticism\n The Rise of Gnosticism\n Basic Gnostic Tenets\n Jewish and Christian Gnostics\n St Irenaeus’ Doctrinal Debates\n Montanism\n The Quartodeciman Controversy\n Valentinus’ Gnostic System\n Marcion’s Gnostic System\n St Irenaeus as Biblical Theologian\n St Clement of Alexandria\nConclusion\n The Teachings of Mani\n The Process of Canonization\n The Rehabilitation of St Paul’s Epistles\n The Expansion of the Rule of Faith\n The Development of Christology\nSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY\nINDEX\nILLUSTRATIONS