The Church and Ministry in the Early Centuries

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This series of lectures from Scottish theologian REVEREND THOMAS MARTIN LINDSAY (1843-1914), first published in 1902, examines the Catholic Church as an institution and a faith in the earliest years of its existence. Lindsay discusses: . The New Testament Conception of the Church . A Christian Church in Apostolic Times . The Prophetic Ministry . The Churches Creating Their Ministry . The Ministry in the Second Century . The Fall of the Prophetic Ministry and the Conservative Revolt . Ministry Changing to Priesthood . The Roman State Religion and Its Effects on the Organization of the Church