Forthcoming
Table of Contents
- Editor's Preface
- Overview
- The Waxing and Waning of the "Consensus"
- An Apostle Is Not the Same as a Bishop
- When Bishops Became the Highest Officers in the Church
- Seeing James as the Presiding Bishop of the Church
- The Bishop as an Office in the Lower Priesthood
- Dependence on Jewish Sources for Church Practices Relevant to the Bishop
- The Jewish and Worldly Origins of the Office and Title of Bishop
- Changes in the Office of Bishop
- Roman Origin of a Divine Office?
- The Importance of Each Bishop Becomes Tied to the Prominence of His City
- The Fight for Power
- In Search of a General Authority
- The Glories (and Duties?) of a Bishop
- Are the Council and the Synod the Apostolic Voice?
- The Gospel of Bigness and Power
- In Search of a Missing Link
- Questions about the Account of the Ordination of Clement as a Bishop
- Finding (or Not Finding) the Bishop (or Bishops) of Rome
- Strife over the Elections of the Bishop of Rome
- The Establishment of an Episcopal Hierarchy and College of Cardinals
- The Roman Role and the Big Four
- The Double Apostolate: Peter and Paul
- Clement to the Corinthians—Proof of Roman Supremacy?
- The Leading Role the Roman Church Did Not Play
- Establishing a Connection with Peter—A Return to Matthew 16:18
- Emperors, Popes, Synods, and Rome
- Claims of Apostolic Succession
- The Argument of Diffusion
- Editors' Postscript
- Index
Publication Information
- Subject: Early Christianity
- Publication Year: 2004
- Language: English,
- ISBN 10: 1590383893
- ISBN 13: 978-1590383896
- Page Count: 254
- Price: $ 29.95
- Imprint: Deseret Book