Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999 - 243 sidor
A learned and uniquely constructive book that gently urges "suspicious" Christians to reclaim the patristic roots of their faith. This is the first book of its kind meant to help Protestant Christians recognize the early church fathers as an essential part of their faith. Writing primarily to the evangelical, independent, and free church communities, who remain largely suspicious of church history and the relationship between Scripture and tradition, D. H. Williams clearly explains why every branch of today's church owes its heritage to the doctrinal foundation laid by postapostolic Christianity. Based on solid historical scholarship, this volume shows that embracing the "catholic" roots of the faith will not lead to the loss of Protestant distinctiveness but is essential for preserving the Christian vision in our rapidly changing world.

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Rediscovering the Churchs Tradition
9
The Earliest Formation of the Christian Tradition
41
Defining and Defending the Tradition
71
The Corruption of the Church and Its Tradition
101
Tradition through Church Councils and Creeds
133
Scripture and Tradition in the Reformation
173
The Way of Defining Christian Faithfulness
205
Why All Christians Are Catholics
221
Sola Scriptura in the Early Church
229
Index of Premodern Authors
235
Index of Modern Authors
237
Index of Subjects
241

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D. H. Williams is assistant professor of patristics and historical theology at Loyola University of Chicago. An ordained Baptist minister, his other books include Arianism after Arius and Ambrose of Milan and the End of the Nicene-Arian Conflicts.

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