Catholic Press Association Book Award Winner   
"\[Acts\] has all the marks of Pelikan's scholarship: a close reading of the Greek text; a verse-by-verse commentary on that text studded with references to the great patristic commentators; and a constant eye on the theological and homiletical possibilities of the text itself, as well as its place in the liturgical life of the church both West and East."  
--__Lawrence S. Cunningham__, America   
"The commentary serves as a rich storehouse of information on historical theology, providing \[Pelikan\] with the opportunity to expound on the intersections of Acts with the major teachings of the church. . . . The book will be of great value to all who are interested in the reception history of Acts and in theological interpretation of biblical texts."  
--__Shelly Matthews__, Catholic Biblical Quarterly    
"A fascinating peregrination through the history of Christian thought. . . . Pelikan offer\[s\] a very selective verse-by-verse theological commentary on Acts that supplements the primary focus of the volume: a series of theological excurses covering a broad range of loci communes. If such is the theological journey one seeks, one would be hard pressed to find a better guide."  
--__John F. B. Miller__, Review of Biblical Literature   
"What Jaroslav Pelikan offers us . . . \[is\] a set of observations on what phrases and passages in Acts might remind us of in the later history of Christian doctrine. As a sampler of vintage Pelikan tidbits, it is a scintillating piece of work, a tour de force in the history of dogma, a kaleidoscope of brilliant reflections by a generous and faithful Christian scholar."  
--__Brian E. Daley, SJ__, Pro Ecclesia   
"Pelikan's volume robustly demonstrates what reading enlivened by tradition and dogma can look like. It is a timely invitation to the church and the academy."  
--__Angus Paddison__, International Journal of Systematic Theology   
"\[Acts\] is a tour de force of the history of doctrine, as Pelikan draws in his lifetime to remark upon a vast panoply of subjects."  
--__Steven J. Koskie__, Journal of Theological Interpretation

__Jaroslav Pelikan__ (1923-2006) was Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale University. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago. His universally acclaimed works include the five-volume The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine and Jesus through the Centuries.

In this volume, an internationally renowned historian of Christian doctrine offers a theological reading of Acts. Now in paper.  
  
"\[A\] significant commentary. . . . Pelikan asks big questions: what is sin? what were the earliest creeds? what is the nature of apostleship? He is sensitive to nuances of Greek but not obsessed by them. As such, this book will be helpful to preachers and, to a lesser extent, general readers who are sometimes flummoxed by more specialized and technical biblical commentaries."  
\--Publishers Weekly  
  
New series volumes will continue to release in cloth, but as older volumes reprint, they will release in paper.

An internationally renowned historian of Christian doctrine offers a theological reading of Acts.

Pelikan, Jaroslav

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Series Page

Series Preface

Preface

Abbreviations

Introduction

Acts 1

1:2–3 "As the Lord Jesus Christ Himself Instructed Us": The Gospel of the Forty Days

1:11 "He Went Up, He Is Coming Again": Ascension and Second Coming

1:14 Mary the Theotokos

Acts 2

2:1 "And in the Holy Spirit": The Fullness of the Church

2:31 "Rose Up on the Third Day": The Centrality of the Resurrection of Christ

2:42 "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church": Marks of Continuity

Acts 3

3:18 Crucifixus pro nobis: Reconciliation and Atonement

3:21 Universal Restoration/Salvation Only by the Name of Christ

3:25 "The Purpose of Calling Israel": The Abiding Covenant

Acts 4

4:20 "This Is the Catholic Faith": The Confessional Imperative

4:24–30 Orthodoxy as Correct Worship and Correct Doctrine

4:32 "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church": Transvaluation of All Values

Acts 5

5:3–4 "The Holy Spirit, the Lord": The Deity of the Holy Spirit

5:29a "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church": The Twelve and the Primacy of Peter

5:29b "One Lord": The Sovereignty That Trumps Any Human Authority

Acts 6

6:2–4 "Faith and Order"

6:6 The Laying-on of Hands

6:8 Miracles as "Signs"

Acts 7

7:22 "What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?"

7:47–48 The Paradox of Sacred Space and Sacred Time

7:59–60 The Imitation of Christ

Acts 8

8:25 The Communication of Divine Revelation

8:30–31 "In Accordance with the Scriptures"

8:37 Credo: "The Rule of Faith"

Acts 9

9:1–4 A Grammar of Assent

9:4–5 The Church as "the Body of Christ"

9:15 Paul the "Chosen Instrument"

Acts 10

10:15 The "Yoke" of the Mosaic Law

10:34–35 The Unity and Equality of All Humanity before God

10:38 De servo arbitrio: Sin Defined as Captivity to the Devil

Acts 11

11:23 Grace Abounding

11:26 The Given Name of Christ's Disciples

11:29 Mutual Support among the Members of Christ's Family

Acts 12

12:7 "Both Seen and Unseen": The Angels as "Ministering Spirits"

12:13–16 A Humor That Is Not "Unseemly"

12:21–23 Sin Defined as "Refusing to Let God Be God"

Acts 13

13:8–11 Christus Victor

13:38–39 The Language of Justification

13:48 Foreknowledge/Election/Predestination

Acts 14

14:11–15 "And Became Incarnate": Incarnation and Theosis

14:15–17 "The Love Which Moves the Sun and the Other Stars"

14:22 The Cost of Discipleship

Acts 15

15:2 Controversy and Polemics

15:8–9 The Historical "Economies" of the Living God

15:28 Authority at Church Councils and the Authority of Church Councils

Acts 16

16:4a Canon Law—Its Legitimacy and Its Limits

16:4b Apostolic Tradition and Apostolic Dogma

16:9 Visions and Private Revelations

Acts 17

17:18 Christian Theology in Encounter with Greco-Roman Philosophy

17:23 Apophatic Theology: Negation as the Affirmation of Metaphysical Transcendence

17:24–29 "One God the Father, All-Powerful Maker"

Acts 18

18:15 Theological "Bickering about Words and Names"

18:24–26a "Accuracy" in the Confession of Christian Doctrine

18:24–26b The Ministry of Women

Acts 19

19:2–3 The Abiding Theological Significance of Saint John the Forerunner

19:26 Images of the Divine?

19:28 "We Believe in One God": Monotheism in Conflict with Polytheism and Idolatry

Acts 20

20:7 The Breaking of Bread

20:28a The Theological Import of Textual Variants

20:28b "One Christ, One Son, One Lord"

Acts 21

21:9–10 "Who Spoke [and Speaks] through the Prophets"

21:13–14 Religious Affections

21:37 "Debtor to Greek": Language and Languages

Acts 22

22:6 "The Uncreated Light" as a Divine Energy

22:16 "We Acknowledge One Baptism for the Forgiving of Sins"

22:27 "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church": "Every Native Land a Foreign Land"

Acts 23

23:1 The Testimony of a "Good Conscience"

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