An Exploration in New Testament Theology Giles, Kevin creator text xx Downers Grove, Ill InterVarsity Press 1995 9999 monographic und eng

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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. Kevin Giles Bible.—New Testament—Theology.Church—Biblical teaching.Bible.—N.T.—Theology BS2545.C5 .G55 1995 97808308186860830818685 240426