"The Use of the Word “Church” in the Apostolic Fathers" by Laro V. Thompson
 

Date of Award

8-1969

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Theology

Abstract

While there are clearly other references to the church under other titles and in allusions, this study will be limited to those passages which use the word, "Church", and passages directly related. The word is used in two major ways: First, in the sense most familiar to us, meaning the whole universal church; and second, to designate individual communities within this larger whole. In most examples of both cases, it is clear that the word indicates a specific group of people who belong to God and have a common link with Jesus Christ.

Comments

An Essay submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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