The Way of the Church: Two Views of Church History
originally appeared as a series in the Improvement Era, 58 (Jan.–Dec. 1955); CWHN 4:209-322.
1) Church history can help put our own life, experience, thinking and practice into proper perspective. 2) Church History shows us that actions and ideas have consequences not only in our own generation but future generations (shows) 3) Church History compares the past with the present, and provides a basis to guide present decision making.
There are two distinct views on the origin of Baptists and thus whether or not they are Protestants. These opposing views are held by two groups of historians. We might term the views the new or modern historians' view and the old or traditional historians' view.
Theology Adrift: The Early Church Fathers and Their Views of ...
2004年5月25日 · Not surprisingly, the period of the early church fathers is considered the most important in historical theology. 13 This is true for two reasons: First, the early church fathers were "close to the events of the life of Christ and the apostolic era."
College spurred the passion for church history and the vision and mission to disseminate the knowledge among Christians. The vision is simply a scholarly reconstruction of the history of the origin, growth, and development of the early church amidst seas of persecutions and heresies from the apostolic age to the first four hundred years of
Two Views of the History of the Church - Greg Quail - Biblecentre
The suggestions that follow as to the history of the professing church on earth pursue lines of illustration taken from two passages of Scripture.
Nature of Church History. - Bible Hub
A view of history which overlooks or undervalues the divine factor starts from deism and consistently runs into atheism; while the opposite view, which overlooks the free agency of man and his moral responsibility and guilt, is essentially fatalistic and pantheistic.
The History of Interpretation and Current Approaches To The Bible
2017年5月6日 · In the history of the church there have arisen two views of the Scriptures and their proper interpretation: (1) Scripture meaning lies only in its primary, historical sense, or (2) Scripture’s ultimate meaning lies in its fuller, revelatory sense.
Church History books, even some written by Protestants and evangelicals? Well, consider this: by the close of the fifth cen-tury, the following were deeply and permanently rooted in “the Church”: prayers for the dead; making the sign of the cross; veneration of angels and dead saints; the use of …
1. What would you like to learn as you study the history of the medieval church? Why does this period in history interest you? 2. How might a person’s theological viewpoint influence that person’s attitude toward the Middle Ages? What does Dr. Godfrey say about common Catholic and Protestant views of this period in history?
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