The Apostolic Church
Overview
From the Preface: All Protestant Christians believe that the church has apostatized, at least to some extent, from the standards of the apostolic church. Doubtless most Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholics would admit as much. In the following pages I have, in a comparatively brief way, indicated what treasures were lost by the historical church and how they were lost. I have also given some indication of how they may be found again.
That is why this book makes no pretense to being a complete outline of New Testament theology and its historical development. Such a work would be encyclopedic and massive, altogether beyond the scope of a popular book. When Harnack undertook a task somewhat like this, he filled seven large volumes with his findings, and still left out much material.
This book, therefore, limits itself to a study of a few fundamental elements of the apostolic church, the loss (or partial loss) of which has brought on many, if not all, of the enormous evils and miseries of the modern world.—Charles Ewing Brown
- the Apostolic Church as a Standard
- Historic Roots of the Apostolic Church
- Some Historic Tensions of the Apostolic Church
- the Christian Life of the Apostolic Church
- the Fellowship of the Apostolic Church
- the Nature of the Apostolic Church
- the Co-Operative Work of the Apostolic Church
- Gifts and Offices in the Apostolic Church
- Orders of the Ministry in the Apostolic Church
- the Ordinances of the Apostolic Church
- How the Prophetic Ministry Became a Priesthood
- the Long Road Back
Top Highlights
“effect, that Windisch’s findings have never been refuted.” (Page 68)
“The early church taught that salvation is deliverance from sin and from sinning, here and now.” (Page 68)
“was principally devoted to the teaching of the Word of God” (Page 93)
“living above sin as a practical experience in this life.” (Page 67)
“Throughout the ages the Apostle Paul has been cited as authority for denying to women the right to preach the gospel; but can we ever forget that it was the Apostle himself who canceled prejudice and privilege for all times in the Christian democracy by the memorable words, ‘There is neither Jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus’?” (Pages 165–166)
- Title: The Apostolic Church
- Author: Charles E. Brown
- Publisher: Gospel Trumpet
- Publication Date: 1947
- Pages: 272
