Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Introductory

The Church at worship

The Church explains itself: stages of self-awareness

The church explains itself: the use of the Jewish scriptures

The church explains itself: the gospel and acts

The church explains itself: the reign of Christ

The church under attack

Building the superstructure and consolidating

Variety of uniformity in the church

Collecting and shifting the documents

Postscript

Excursus: Translation Greek and Original Greek in Matthew

Luke and the pastoral epistles

[Greek]

The priority of Mark