Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire : Prolegomena to a History of Early Christian Theology.

Cover -- Half Title Page, Series page, Title Page, Copyright Page -- Contents -- Editors' Introduction -- Introduction to the English Edition -- Introduction to the German Edition -- 1 Theology and Institution -- 1.1 "Theology" -- 1.1.1 The Term ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΑ in the Second andThird Centuries -- 1.1.2 Christian "Theology" in the Second andThird Centuries -- 1.2 "Institution" -- 1.2.1 Observations on the History of Research -- 1.2.2 Observations on the Understanding of the Term -- 2 Three Institutional Contexts -- 2.1 The Free Teachers and Christian Schools -- 2.1.1 The Pagan-ReligiousCharacter of the VariousEducational Institutions and the ChristianReaction to It -- 2.1.2 The Significance of the Pagan Educational Canonfor Christians and Their Educational Institutions -- 2.1.3 The Consequences of the Adoption of PaganEducational Institutions for the Developmentof Christian "Theology" -- 2.2 The Montanist Prophets and Their Circle -- 2.2.1 Ancient Descriptions of the "Montanist Prophecy" -- 2.2.2 Montanism and Oracle Sites of Asia Minor -- 2.2.3 Montanism as an Early Christian PropheticMovement -- 2.3 The Christian Worship Service and Its Prayers -- 2.3.1 Worship Service, Community, and Ritual -- 2.3.2 Christian, Jewish, and Pagan Worship Services -- 2.3.3 The Sources for the Early Christian Worship Service -- 2.3.4 Form and Theology of the Eucharistic Worship Service -- 2.3.5 The Theology of the Early Eucharistic Prayers -- 2.4 Concluding Reflections: Early Christian "Theology" inIts Institutional Contexts -- 3 Institution and Norm -- 3.1 The New Testament Canon and the Christian Institutions -- 3.1.1 Some Introductory Observations on the CurrentState of Scholarship on the History of the Canon -- 3.1.2 Two Basic Problems in the Writing of the Historyof the Canon -- 3.1.3 Marcion and the Canonization of the"New Testament".

3.1.4 Clement of Alexandria and His Canon ofthe New Testament -- 3.1.5 The Gnostic Canon of the New Testament -- 3.1.6 The Christian Libraries and Their Canon -- 3.1.7 On the Significance of Ancient Christian Institutionsfor a History of the Christian Canon of the Bible -- 3.2 Concluding Reflection: The Canon as an Exampleof the Connection between Institution and Norm -- 4 The Identity and Plurality of Ancient Christianity -- 4.1 The Cultural Protestant Model of Walter Bauer -- 4.2 The Discussion of Bauer's Model -- 4.3 The Jesuit Model of the "Inculturation" of Christianity -- 4.4 The Complementary Model: "Identity" and "Plurality" -- 4.5 Ancient Christian Theology: A Plural Identity -- Appendix: Visual Presentation of the Findings on the Lists -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Ancient Names and Places -- Index of Authors.

Investigates the history of early Christian theology and the relationship between Christian theology and Christian institutions.

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