TY - BOOK AU - Hartog,Paul TI - Orthodoxy and heresy in early Christian contexts: reconsidering the Bauer thesis SN - 1610975049 (pbk.) AV - BR 166 .O76 2015 PY - 2015///] CY - Eugene, Oregon PB - Pickwick Publications KW - Bauer, Walter, KW - Christian heresies KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Apologetics N1 - Includes bibliographical reference (pages 249-276); Introduction; Paul A. Hartog --; The Bauer thesis: an overview; Rodney J. Decker --; Walter Bauer and the Apostolic Fathers; Paul A. Hartog --; Post-Bauer scholarship on gnosticism(s): the current state of our "knowledge"; Carl B. Smith --; Baur to Bauer and beyond: early Jewish Christianity and modern scholarship; William Varner --; "Orthodoxy", "heresy", and complexity: Montanism as a case study; Rex D. Butler --; Apostolic tradition and the rule of faith in light of the Bauer thesis; Bryan M. Litfin --; Bauer's forgotten region: North African Christianity; David C. Alexander and Edward L. Smither --; Patristic heresiology: the difficulties of reliability and legitimacy; W. Brian Shelton --; Bauer's early Christian Rome and the development of "Orthodoxy"; Glen L. Thompson --; From V�olker to this volume: a trajectory of critiques and a final reflection; Paul A. Hartog ER -