Books by Edwin Hatch

Back in print are Hatch''s classic Hibbert Lectures in which he calls into question the influence that Greek ideas had on the historical development of Christian theology.The earliest forms of Christianity were not only outside the sphere of Greek philosophy, but they also appealed, on the one hand, mainly to the classes which philosophy did not reach, and, on the other hand, to a standard which philosophy did not recognize.Edwin Hatch

Frontmatter -- Vorrede des Verfassers zur deutschen Ausgabe -- Vorrede des Uebersetzers -- Erste Vorlesung : Einleitung. Die Methode -- Zweite Vorlesung : Bischöfe und Diakonen -- Dritte Vorlesung : Die Presbyter -- Vierte Vorlesung : Die Obergewalt des Bischofs -- Fünfte Vorlesung : Der Clerus und die Laien -- Sechste Vorlesung : Der Clerus als besonderer Stand -- Siebente Vorlesung : Die Concilien und die Einheit der Kirche -- Achte Vorlesung : Die Parochie und die Cathedrale -- Analecten -- Inhalt

Frontmatter -- VORREDE DES VERFASSERS -- VORREDE DES ÜBERSETZERS -- Inhalt -- 1. Die Diöcese -- 2. Der Diöcesanbischof -- 3. Der Pfarrgeistliche -- 4. Die Pfründe -- 5. Die Pfarrei -- 6. Die Zehnten -- 7. Der Metropolit -- 8. Die Nationalkirchen -- 9. Die kanonische Regel -- 10. Das Kathedralcapitel -- 11. Das Capitel und die Diöcese -- 12. Der Altarplatz -- Backmatter

While Hatch is most often recognized for his meticulous work on the 'Concordance to the Septuagint', these important essays also serve to reinforce his reputation as a careful Greek scholar. Included are essays On the Value and Use of the Septuagint and Short Studies of theMeanings of Words in Biblical Greek.

This work is an endeavor to give answers to questions which are asked in regard to the apparently wide differences between the primitive and modern forms of some Christian institutions. The book is designed for the general reader and can be considered a popularized form of his Bampton Lectures, 'The Organization of the Early Christian Churches'.