The Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought

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• The Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Introduction vii
• Abbreviations xiii
• Origin and Early History of the Apostolic Office 1
• The Eucharist as a Love-Meal (Agape) in Didache 9–10, and Its Development in the Pauline and in the Syrian Tradition 11
• Romantic Fantasies: Early Christians Looking Back on the Apostolic Period 28
• The Notion : A Terminological Survey 41
• Miracles Recalling the Apostolic Age 51
• Liturgy on the Authority of the Apostles 63
• La Tradition Apostolique et le Canon Du Nouveau Testament 86
• Witnesses and Mediators of Christ's Gnostic Teachings 104
• Die ApostolizitÄt der Kirchlichen VerkÜndigung Bei IrenÄus Von Lyon 115
• Origen's View of Apostolic Tradition 130
• The Paraclete Mani as the Apostle of Jesus Christ and the Origins of a New Church 139

• The Apostolic Age in Patristic Thought i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Introduction vii
• Abbreviations xiii
• Origin and Early History of the Apostolic Office 1
• The Eucharist as a Love-Meal (Agape) in Didache 9–10, and Its Development in the Pauline and in the Syrian Tradition 11
• Romantic Fantasies: Early Christians Looking Back on the Apostolic Period 28
• The Notion : A Terminological Survey 41
• Miracles Recalling the Apostolic Age 51
• Liturgy on the Authority of the Apostles 63
• La Tradition Apostolique et le Canon Du Nouveau Testament 86
• Witnesses and Mediators of Christ's Gnostic Teachings 104
• Die ApostolizitÄt der Kirchlichen VerkÜndigung Bei IrenÄus Von Lyon 115
• Origen's View of Apostolic Tradition 130
• The Paraclete Mani as the Apostle of Jesus Christ and the Origins of a New Church 139
• The Apostolic World of Thought in Early Christian Iconography 158
• The Era of the Apostles According to Eusebius' History of the Church 194
• Monks: The Ascetic Movement as a Return to the Aetas Apostolica 204
• Primum Enim Omnes Docebant: Awareness of Discontinuity in the Early Church 219
• Urbs Beata Jerusalem: Saint Augustin Sur JÉrusalem 228
• Index of References 243
• Index of Names and Subjects 249
• Index of Greek and Latin Words 252
• Index of Modern Authors 253