1 online resource (266, [8] pages of plates) : illustrations
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents
The setting and sources for our study -- The faith preached and believed -- Baptism in the Second Century -- Alternatives to 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 (Agap) -- 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 -- Women in the early church.
