The Early Church

These materials reflecting early church beliefs and practice will redefine the way you understand concepts such as the Atonement, imputed righteousnes and many others upon which our knowing Christ and finding His salvation depend.
The Early Church understanding of the Atonement
  • Atonement.html
  • Atonement.mp3
    • The Early Church understanding of the Atonement, also known as the ransom or classic theory or model, is compared here to the Satisfaction Theory of the atonement which was a later development
  • Imputed Righteousness.mp3
    • Early Church understanding of imputed righteousness
    The Early Church Stance on War and Nonresistance
  • War.html
    • The Early Church was faithfull to Christ's teachings on nonresistance until the time of Constantine. Shortly after that, Augustine took the Church even further from the truth when he developed the new doctrine of "Holy War"

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