Pictures of the Apostolic Church: Its Life and Thought
Overview
Pictures of the Apostolic Church contains 52 word pictures of the life, teaching, and development of the early church. According to William Mitchell Ramsay, the growth of the church was determined by the Holy Spirit’s progressive revelation to the earliest Christians. With Pictures of the Apostolic Church, readers have a short study of this progression for each week of the year. The pictures cover a large part of the book of Acts and some scattered sections of various epistles.
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- Includes 52 pictures of life in the apostolic church
- Includes notes by Willam Mitchell Ramsay
- Provides a glimpse into the everyday life of the early Christians
- Title: Pictures of the Apostolic Church: Its Life and Thought
- Author: William Mitchell Ramsay
- Publisher: Sunday School Times Company
- Publication Date: 1910
- Pages: 432
- Resource Type: Handbooks
- Topic: Early Church
W. M. Ramsay (1851–1939) was professor of humanity at the University of Aberdeen. He was most well-known for his archaeological endeavors, as he traveled extensively throughout Asia Minor, studying the missionary journeys of Paul, conducting archaeological research, and writing numerous books on his findings and adventures.
He studied at Oxford, the University of Aberdeen, and Gottingen, and he later went on to become the first ever professor of classical archaeology at Oxford. Ramsey received awards for his work from Pope Leo XII, the University of Pennsylvania, the Royal Geographical Society, and the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. He was knighted in 1906.
His works include St. Paul the Traveller and Roman Citizen. His original intent was to disprove Christianity through archaeology, but through his research he realized that the Bible was accurate and converted to Christianity.