Product Description: The books traditionally associated with John the Apostle constitute a major portion of the Christian New Testament. The influence of these books, particularly the Gospel according to John and the book of Revelation, has been immense both in Christianity and in Western culture...read more

Product Description: This book significantly expands our understanding of the life and work of Polycarp of Smyrna. Part One establishes that the anonymous apostolic presbyterquot;, whose oral teaching is cited intermittently by Irenaeus in Against Heresies 4...read more

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Product Description: The factual account of a late nineteenth-century Georgian mountain town, "Blood Mountain Covenant: A Son’s Revenge" is the story behind the gruesome murder of John Lance, a man who preached the word of God and was loved by the friends and family of his small town...read more

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Product Description: Did the early Christians believe that the righteous "went to heaven" at death, or did they believe a subterranean refreshment awaited the saints? Did most Christians look for a millennium on earth, a thousand-year, glorious reign of Christ to ensue upon his second coming and to precede the last judgement, or did they cling to the hope that Christ would judge the world and distribute eternal rewards immediately upon his return? By demonstrating the links between "global" and "individual" eschatological notions in the period from the New Testament to Dionysius of Alexandria, this book reveals two competing patterns of eschatological teaching which vied for acceptance in the fledgling Church...read more