Jurisdiction in the Early Church: Episcopal and Papal

by Gregory Dix

Publishers:

Faith House; The Church Literature Association

, 1975

Overview

Written on the eve of the Second World War at a time when the Anglican community was feeling most isolated in the Christian world at large, Jurisdiction in the Early Church takes a controversial stand in engaging an ecumenical investigation of the origins of the Roman Catholic papacy and early Christian episcopate. Referencing numerous church fathers throughout the ancient Christian world as well as recent publications (such as the publication of The Roman Primacy to A.D. 461 by B.J. Kidd, which set the tone for Dix’s work), Dix boldly discusses the recent issues of Vatican I’s declaration of infallability of the pope, the New Testament and early Christian evidences of central juristiction, and the implications of tradition as theological authority. His conclusions quickly stirred up controversy in the Christian world, but his defense of the papacy remains standard to contemporary studies on the papacy for Anglicans and Roman Catholics alike.

Product Details

• Title: Jurisdiction in the Early Church: Episcopal and Papal
• Author: Gregory Dix
• Publishers: Faith House, The Church Literature Association
• Print Publication Date: 1975
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Pages: 124
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Church polity › History--Early church, ca. 30-600; Episcopacy › History of doctrines; Papacy › History
• Resource ID: LLS:JRSDCTNRLYCHR
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T20:09:11Z

About Gregory Dix

George Eglinton Alston Dix (named in religion Gregory) (4 October 1901–12 May 1952) was an English monk and priest of Nashdom Abbey, an Anglican Benedictine community. He was a noted liturgical scholar whose work had particular influence on the reform of Anglican liturgy in the mid-twentieth century.