Tag: ecclesiology
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Historically, what was considered the context of 1 Timothy 2:11-12?
1 Timothy 2:11-12 has been variously understood. One view I recently heard is that it teaches women to be silent not only in church, as is the case in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35, but also in secular matters. After making several contextual arg…
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People Of Bread Rediscovering Ecclesiology
Book Reviews / Pneuma 31 (2009) 291-329 299 Wolfgang Vondey, People of Bread: Rediscovering Ecclesiology (Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2008). xi + 420 pp.,…
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What do Jesus’ words in Matthew 16:18 mean with respect to his Church never being defeated by the powers of hell?
Jesus said, "I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" – Matthew 16:18 KJV. I’m not so concerned with whether the English translation should better state ‘Hades,’ and ‘overcome,’ unless that has …..
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Is the “we” in the Nicene Creed actually some kind of singular?
The Nicene Creed begins with Πιστεύομεν ("we believe"), however, many English translations have instead "I believe" which follows the ancient Latin text which begins Credo ("I believe"). So, one wonders why th……
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Was Jesus’ early church composed primarily of Torah-abiding Jews?
If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. Mattews. 18:17 KJV How to understand the word ἐκκλησίας in this context?
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Simon Chan, Pentecostal Ecclesiology An Essay On The Development Of Doctrine (Blandford Forum Deo Publishing, 2011). X + 144 Pp., $29.95 Paper.
Book Reviews / Pneuma 35 (2013) 87-156 143 Simon Chan, Pentecostal Ecclesiology: An Essay on the Development of Doctrine (Blandford Forum: Deo Publishing, 2011)….