Augustine's early theology of the church; emergence and implications, 386-391.9781433101038 Augustine's early theology of the church; emergence and implications, 386-391. Alexander, David C. Peter Lang Publishing Inc 2008 451 pages $91.95 Hardcover Patristic pa·tris·tic also pa·tris·ti·cal adj. Of or relating to the fathers of the early Christian church or their writings. pa·tris studies; v.9 BR65 In a revision of his 1995 doctoral dissertation in patristic history and theology at the University of Edinburgh (body, education) University of Edinburgh - A university in the centre of Scotland's capital. The University of Edinburgh has been promoting and setting standards in education for over 400 years. , Alexander discusses Augustine's ecclesiastical ideas immediately following his conversion to Christianity Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person to some form of Christianity. The exact understanding of what it means to attain salvation varies somewhat among denominations. . It was during this time, he says, that the future saint developed the tools with which he would exercise enormous impact as presbyter and bishop of Hippo and on later Latin ecclesiology ec·cle·si·ol·o·gy n. 1. The branch of theology that is concerned with the nature, constitution, and functions of a church. 2. The study of ecclesiastical architecture and ornamentation. . ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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