TY - BOOK AU - Ferguson,Everett AU - Kalantzis,George TI - Understandings of the church T2 - Ad fontes: early Christian sources SN - 9781451496369 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BV598 .U53 2016 PY - 2016/// CY - Minneapolis PB - Fortress Press KW - Church KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Sources N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-162) and indexes; Introduction -- 1 Clement -- 2 Clement -- Ignatius of Antioch -- Hermas, Shepherd -- Justin Martyr -- Irenaeus -- Letter of the churches of Vienne and Lyons -- Clement of Alexandria -- Tertullian -- Hippolytus -- Pseudo-Clement -- Origen -- Cyprian -- Firmilian -- Methodius -- Eusebius -- Athanasius -- Cyril of Jerusalem -- Basil the Great -- Gregory of Nyssa -- Ephrem the Syrian -- Ambrose -- The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381 -- John Chrysostom -- Theodore of Mopsuestia -- Augustine N2 - Understandings of the Church explores the ways imagery is used by biblical writers and early Christian teachers such as Cyprian, Ignatius of Antioch, Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen to describe the concept of church ER -