Tradition and the Baptist Academy (Studies in Christian by Roger Ward,Phillip Thompson

By Roger Ward,Phillip Thompson

The essays during this quantity discover the essence of Christianity and spiritual practices that are'handed down' via generations, and the attribute Baptist resistance to such traditions and the way this is triumph over or modified.

Tradition isn't just a collection of things of trust passed down (tradita), yet is the very act of transmission (traditio) or 'traditioning'. Traditions are 'socially embodied, enduring practices' of residing persons.

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