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Joseph A. Fitzmyer presents 25 succinctly phrased and candidly answered questions about Jesus. His book covers issues such as the virgin birth, the infancy narratives, Jesus’ claim to be the messiah, the historical accuracy and significance of the resurrection and ascension texts, the place of Peter and the apostles, the importance of the Apocryphal gospels, and more. This book holds insights for...
a. In the New Testament “the church” is an entity known in the earliest writings of Paul (e.g. 1 Thess 1:1; 2:14; Gal 1:2, 13, 22; 1 Cor 1:2; 4:17; 6:4; 7:17; 10:32). In the Pauline letters the term hē ekklēsia sometimes denotes a local church in a certain area, but in time it comes to denote also “the church” in a transcendent sense, i.e. transcending local or geographical boundaries. Similarly, in later books of the New Testament (Acts 5:11; 8:1, 3; 9:31; 11:22,
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