Ignatius of Antioch : a martyr bishop and the origin of episcopacy / Allen Brent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brent, Allen.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch, -approximately 110.

Ignatius.

Church orders--History.

Church orders.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Bishops.

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 180 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2007.

Summary:

Ignatius of Antioch (died c. 115) is one of the Apostolic Fathers of the Christian Church. In his letters to other churches he re-interpreted church order, the Eucharist and martyrdom by using the cultural material of a pagan society. Allen Brent shows how Ignatius shaped the idea and theology of the office of a bishop in the Christian church. He provides an account of the circumstances and the cultural context in which Ignatius constructed what became the historic church order of Christendom.

Contents:

1 The Recovery of Ignatius' Genuine Letters 1

2 Ignatius' Personal History and the Church at Antioch 14

3 The Choreography of the Martyr Procession 44

4 Martyr Procession and Eucharist: The Christian Mysteries 71

5 Recent Attacks on the Authenticity of the Ignatian Letters 95

6 Ignatius and Polycarp 144.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567032003

0567032000

OCLC:

77796047