TY - BOOK AU - Campenhausen,Hans von TI - Ecclesiastical authority and spiritual power in the church of the first three centuries SN - 1565632729 AV - BT 91 .C313 1997 PY - 1997///] CY - Peabody, Mass. PB - Hendrickson KW - Church KW - Authority KW - History of doctrines KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Originally published: London : A. & C. Black, �1969; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; The authority of Jesus -- The apostles -- Apostolic authority and the freedom of the congregation in the thought of Paul -- Spirit and authority in the pauline congregation -- The system of elders and the beginnings of official authority -- The power of the keys in the primitive church -- Tradition and succession in the second century -- Prophets and teachers in the second century -- The church in the west, the conflict over repentance -- Church office and authority in the time of Origen -- Cyprian and the episcopate -- Retrospect ER -