"The Rise Of Hierarchical Leadership

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YORDAN KALEV ZHEKOV The Rise of Hierarchical Leadership Historical and Theological Survey of the Formation and Development of the Hierarchical Leadership in the New Testament and Early Church YORDAN KALEV ZHEKOV The Rise of Hierarchical Leadership Historical and Theological Survey of the Formation and Development of the Hierarchical Leadership in the New Testament and Early Church © Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher or the author. Academic Editorial Board: Peter Kuzmič Mihael Kuzmič Corneliu Constantineanu Yordan Kalev Zhekov Steven Kurtz Language Editor: Patricia Holroyd Proof-reading: Lynn Ainsworth Cover design by Monica Augustina Zhekov Layout: Monica Augustina Zhekov Published online by Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia This book was originally presented in 1998 to Dr. Meic Pearse as a research assignment in fulfillment of the requirements for the course of Early Church History part of the degree of Master of Theology at the Evangelical Theological Seminary, Osijek, Croatia. COMMENDATION BY MEIC PEARSE For The Rise of Hierarchical Leadership: Historical and Theological Survey of the Formation and Development of the Hierarchical Leadership in the New Testament and Early Church by Yordan Kalev Zhekov "I am very happy to commend this careful — and, above all, carefully argued — work on the development of hierarchy in the early centuries of the church. Debate has long raged, and will doubtless continue, over the legitimate extent of authority structures among the people of God. This contribution takes careful account of all the factors involved: the teaching of Jesus; the practice and instruction of the apostles; the influence of culture; the life of the earliest churches; and development
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