The Growth of Church Institutions

by Edwin Hatch

Publisher:

Hodder and Stoughton

, 1887

Overview

The differences between early Christianity and modern Christianity are explored in this absorbing, powerful work. Edwin Hatch takes the position that Christianity is “at once universal and permanent,” evolving and changing as human society does. Citing these outward changes as necessary and natural, Hatch argues that these advances in modern Christianity are inevitable as it grows to accept new members into its fold.

Key Features

• Thorough introduction by the author
• Detailed table of contents
• Complete indices

Praise for the Print Editions

The treasure chest of Greco-Roman analogues and parallels that Edwin Hatch opened for New Testament students remains open. It is a wonderful resource that we should continue to mine.

—Journal of Biblical Literature, 1999

Product Details

• Title: The Growth of Church Institutions
• Author: Edwin Hatch
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
• Publication Date: 1887
• Pages: 267

About Edwin Hatch

Edwin Hatch was born in 1835. He graduated from Pembroke College at Oxford University in 1857, and was ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church in 1859. He served as professor of classics at Trinity College in Toronto, before returning to Oxford in 1867. Between 1880 and 1884, Hatch was the Grinfield lecturer at Oxford, where he delivered the series of lectures upon which his Essays in Biblical Greek is based. He died in 1889.