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Bruce Shelley’s classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, Shelley begins each chapter with three elements: characters, setting, plot. Taking readers from the early centuries of the church up through the modern era he tells his readers a story of actual people, in a particular situation, taking action or being...

covenant as their rule for faith. During Jesus’ life on earth, they had the Word made flesh, and after Jesus’ departure, they had the living leadership of the apostles. The reverence for the apostles’ message, whether oral or written, as the authentic channel to the will of the Lord Jesus is reflected throughout early Christian literature. During the days of the apostles, congregations often read letters from the companions of the Lord. Some of these letters were obviously intended to be read in
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