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041			_aeng
050			_aBS2545.C5 _b.G55 1995
100			_aGiles, Kevin
245		0	_aWhat on Earth is the Church? : _bAn Exploration in New Testament Theology / _cKevin Giles
260			_aDowners Grove, Ill. : _bInterVarsity Press, _c1995
300			_ax, 310 p. _b; _c22 cm.
505			_a1. Opening the Door: What on Earth Is the Church? The word ekklesia -- a brief comment -- 2. Jesus and the Founding of the Church -- 3. Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John -- 4. The Church in the Book of Acts -- 5. The Church in Paul's Earliest Epistles -- 6. The Church in the Middle and Later Paulines -- 7. The Church in the Non-Pauline Epistles and the Book of Revelation -- 8. Drawing the Threads Together and the Invisible-Visible Church -- 9. The Denomination as Church -- 10. Deficiencies in Past Ecclesiology and the Promise of Trinitarian Ecclesiology -- Excursus 1 The Meaning of the Word Ekklesia: Old Testament and Intertestamental Background -- Excursus 2 Translating the Greek Word Ekklesia.
650			_aBible.—New Testament—Theology.Church—Biblical teaching.Bible.—N.T.—Theology.
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