01285nam a2200169Ia 4500 240426s9999 xx 000 0 und d 97808308186860830818685 eng BS2545.C5 .G55 1995 Giles, Kevin What on Earth is the Church? : An Exploration in New Testament Theology / Kevin Giles Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 1995 x, 310 p. ; 22 cm. 1. Opening the Door: What on Earth Is the Church? The word ekklesia -- a brief comment -- 2. Jesus and the Founding of the Church -- 3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- 4. The Church in the Book of Acts -- 5. The Church in Paul's Earliest Epistles -- 6. The Church in the Middle and Later Paulines -- 7. The Church in the Non-Pauline Epistles and the Book of Revelation -- 8. Drawing the Threads Together and the Invisible-Visible Church -- 9. The Denomination as Church -- 10. Deficiencies in Past Ecclesiology and the Promise of Trinitarian Ecclesiology -- Excursus 1 The Meaning of the Word Ekklesia: Old Testament and Intertestamental Background -- Excursus 2 Translating the Greek Word Ekklesia. Bible.—New Testament—Theology.Church—Biblical teaching.Bible.—N.T.—Theology. 0 0 0 0 GETS GETS GEN 2024-04-26 0 BS2545.C5 .G55 1995 00033576 2024-04-26 16:26:42 2024-04-26 BK 52704 52704