This classic and scholarly work deserves wide circulation among the people of God, especially those who love God's Word and are hungry for deeper truth.
The Church Epistles was first published in book form in 1902 from a series
of articles written in 1898. Our text is taken from the second edition, published in 1905 (some shorter footnotes have been incorporated into the text and biblical references have been modernized).
The present work appears to have taken second place to The Foundations of Dispensational Truth, first published posthumously in 1911. While Dr. Bullinger modified his teaching on the chronological order, he quotes at length from the present volume and states that "for us today... the canonical order is the more important" (page 82, third edition). Earlier on the same page, he writes: "It is not that one order is right and the other wrong. Both are right; neither is wrong. Both are important, but not equally so..." He takes the same stand in How To Enjoy The Bible (1907), and this is repeated in The Companion Bible, just prior to the book of Romans, and also in Appendix 192.
Dr. Bullinger while working with Charles Welch came later in life to understand The Truth of The Mystery of The One Body. He wanted all to know that The Church Epistles contain much foundational truth but the dispensational truth was intended by God for the church of the Book of Acts.
We trust that this republication will encourage believers to study the Epistles to the churches afresh, with the knowledge that Paul's Prison Epistles are written directly to The Church of The One Body. Everything necessary for the Christian's standing and his walk; the "all truth" into which the Spirit guides him can be found in the church Epistles written to the church of the time of the Book of Acts and The Church of The One Body of Christ which is today.
261 Pages Hardcover
Author: E. W. Bullinger
