| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; CHAPTER I THE ENVIRONMENT; CHAPTER II THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH; CHAPTER III THE SUB-APOSTOLIC CHURCH; CHAPTER IV ATTACK AND DEFENCE; CHAPTER V GNOSTICISM; CHAPTER VI THE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND CENTURY; CHAPTER VII THE FIRST LONG PEACE; CHAPTER VIII CHURCH LIFE AND WORSHIP; CHAPTER IX RENEWED PERSECUTION; CHAPTER X CYPRIAN; CHAPTER XI THE SECOND LONG PEACE; CHAPTER XII THE END OF PERSECUTION; CHAPTER XIII THE RIVALS OF CHRISTIANITY; CHAPTER XIV ECCLESIASTICAL TROUBLES; CHAPTER XV THE PROGRESS OF ARIANISM; CHAPTER XVI JULIAN AND THE CAPPADOCIAN THEOLOGIANS |
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CHAPTER XVII THE GOTHS AND THE CHURCHCHAPTER XVIII MONASTICISM AND THE FALL OF PAGANISM; CHAPTER XIX DIVERGENCE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST; CHAPTER XX NESTORIANISM AND PELAGIANISM; CHAPTER XXI THE PAPACY AND THE CHRISTOLOGICAL QUESTION; CHAPTER XXII THE OUTSKIRTS OF EMPIRE; CHAPTER XXIII THE BEGINNING OF THE DARK AGES; SELECT BOOK LIST; TABLE OF EMPERORS OF ROME; POPES TO 500; TABLE A: PRINCIPAL DATES TO 500; TABLE B: FIRST FOUR |
| Summary |
This concise but comprehensive study of the early church is detailed and makes use of specialist works on this subject. It is informative and has an accessible nature making a complex historic subject easier to take in |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203131145 |
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0203131142 |
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