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Reicke, Bo Ivar. 1959. "Risen Lord and his Church : the theology of Acts." Interpretation 13, no. 2: 157-169. ATLASerials, Religion Collection, EBSCOhost (accessed September 14, 2013).

THEO 510 LUO (fall 2013)

Survey of Christian

Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary

David M. Lowe (ID# L01477914)

September 19, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. Introduction..................................................................................................................2

II. Brief Summary.............................................................................................................2

III. Critical Interaction with Author’s Work..................................................................4

IV. Conclusion....................................................................................................................5

Bibliography........................................................................................................................6

Introduction
In the Book of Acts author Luke purposes to provide an account of the origin and development of the church under the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. The Book of Acts lays an original and graphic historical picture of the early church from its beginnings with the accension of Jesus to it’s end with Paul’s detention in Rome. Bo Reike in his article, “The Risen Lord and His Chruch, The Theology of Acts” presupposes the theology of the Book of Acts as simply being a continuation of the work of the risen Lord and His Church, in which he expresses Christology and Eccesiology as the two major themes of Acts. This paper will evaluate the author’s approach in examining the theology of Acts , and weigh the thesis of