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Alec R. Allenson, Studies in Biblical Theology No. 32 [Published Date: 1961]. Soft cover, 239 pp. Text in English. Translated by Frank Clarke from the German. In Acceptable+ condition. Grey paper covers with black lettering. Light bumping and creasing to edges and corners of covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Underlining and margin notes in pencil throughout. Pages lightly aged with occasional spotting and soiling from rusty paper clips. A good reading copy. NOT Ex-Library. NO remainder marks. A seminal contribution to the important debate on the ordering of the early Church. Schweizer uses reverence, scholarship and clarity. His concern is not so much with the historical development of the Church as with what he calls the 'theological problem of how the Church understood itself, and how it expressed that understanding in its order.' Schweitzer's study of church order is divided into two parts, an examination of the primary sources, "The Diversity of the New Testament Church" and a systematic appraisal in terms of pre-determined categories, "The Unity of the New Testament Church"; Includes index of Biblical References; Index of Subjects and Index of Authors.