| Description |
429 pages ; 18cm |
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Penguin classics |
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Penguin classics.
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| Contents |
The nature and work of Christ : His contemporaries : His choice of followers : correspondence with Abgar -- Tiberius to Nero : the work of the Apostles from the choice of Matthias to the deaths of Paul and Peter -- Vespasian to Trajan : the distribution and writings of the Apostles and their successors : enemies within the Church : persecutions -- Trajan to Marcus Aurelius : the succession of bishops : their writings and martyrdoms -- Marcus Aurelius to Severus : the succession of bishops : their refutation of Marcion and Montanus : their settlement of the date of the Easter festival -- Severus to Decius : the work of Origen and his contemporaries : widespread persecution -- Gallus to Gallienus : the work of Cyprian and Dionysius : the heresies of Sabellius, Novatus, Nepos, Paul, and the Manichees -- Diocletian to Maximian : persecutions : the imperial recantation -- Maximin's renewed attacks on the Church : the end of persecution -- Peace and recovery of the Church : victory of Constantine |
| Summary |
Bishop Eusebius, intimate friend of the Emperor Constantine, wrote the only surviving account of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. His grand theme--the working of providence through the Apostolic succession--embraces the ordeals of 146 martyrs, the teachings of 47 heretics, and the proceedings leading up to Nicaea and the other great councils |
| Analysis |
Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Credits |
Translated with an introduction by G.A. Williamson |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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Church history -- 0000-0999 (Primitive and early church)
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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church history.
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Christianity -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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| Author |
Williamson, G. A. (Geoffrey Arthur), 1895-1982.
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| ISBN |
0140441387 |
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