Cullmann, Oscar

The Early Church / Oscar Cullmann ; translated by A. J. B. Higgins and S. Godman - London, UK : SCM Press, 1956 - 217 p. ; 24 cm.

The necessity and function of higher criticism -- The origin of Christmas -- The plurality of the gospels as a theological problem in antiquity -- The tradition -- The kingship of Christ and the church in the New Testament -- The return of Christ -- The proleptic deliverance of the body according to the New Testament -- [O opiso mou erxomenos] -- Samaria and the origins of the Christian mission -- Early Christianity and civilization.


Catholic Church—History.Bible.—New Testament.Church history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR165 / .C844 1956