Bishop Lists
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Bishop Lists

Formation of Apostolic Succession of Bishops in Ecclesiastical Crises

  1. 282 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Bishop Lists

Formation of Apostolic Succession of Bishops in Ecclesiastical Crises

About this book

Early lists of bishops, identified by Walter Bauer as "literary propaganda, " mark critical points in the development of the doctrine of the apostolic succession of bishops. This study delves into the political struggles surrounding the lists and the doctrine they served to define. Ecclesiastical politics in each case reflects the threat to the bishop's authority and clarifies the meaning of apostolic succession in the Church's development. This social history approach, examining the function of the literature within its historical circumstances, reveals how theology developed from politics. The development is as gripping politically as it is illuminating theologically.

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Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Part 1. Literary Background: Apologetic in the Hellenistic World
  5. Chapter 1. Greek and Roman Successions
  6. Chapter 2. Jewish Successions
  7. Part 2. Formative Crises: Bishop and Succession in Earliest Christianity
  8. Chapter 3. New Testament
  9. Chapter 4. Ignatius and 1 Clement
  10. Part 3. Stage 1: Anti-Heretical Uses
  11. Chapter 5. Hegesippus
  12. Chapter 6. Irenaeus
  13. Part 4. Stage 2: Anti-Schismatic Uses
  14. Chapter 7. Julius Africanus
  15. Chapter 8. Hippolytus
  16. Part 5. Stage 3: Apologetic and Encouragement
  17. Chapter 9. Eusebius, 1. The Chronicle
  18. Chapter 10. Eusebius, 2. The Ecclesiastical History
  19. Conclusion
  20. Bibliography
  21. Indices