God as Father in the Synoptic Gospels

Did Jesus believe in a doctrine of Universal Fatherhood? Such a belief not many years ago was almost axiomatic in Liberal Christian circles. ‘In the combination of these ideas—God the Father, Providence, the position of men as God's children, the infinite value of the human soul—the whole Gospe...

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Main Author: Montefiore, H. W. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [1956]
In: New Testament studies
Year: 1956, Volume: 3, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-46
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