A Note on Early Christian Associations and the Development of Offi ces in Early Christianity
A Note on Early Christian Associations and the Development of Offi ces in Early Christianity

Summary/Abstract: The question of the development of ministry in early Christian communities, especially with regard to the developmental model implied by the notion of “earlycatholicism”, brings about a number of items that can be retained. The ministries ofleadership, the coexistence of “institutional” and “charismatic” ministries, the comparability of early Christian communities with Greco-Roman voluntary associations(including synagogues) organized by means of a system of offi ces, the developmentof ecclesial organization in the second half of the fi rst century, are to be seen in thelight offered by the Pauline literature

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