| Description |
xvi, 325 pages : maps ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Originally published in Great Britain 1991 by SPCK, London. |
| Bibliography |
"W.H.C. Frend: select bibliography": pages 323-324. |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Why study early church history? / Joseph Kelly -- The world of the Roman Empire / Jan Merdinger -- The birth of Christianity / John Riches -- The Jewish dimension / William Horbury -- The pagan religious background / Luther H. Martin -- Christian mission and expansion / Knut Scḧaferdiek -- The Bible / Rowan Williams -- Creeds / Adolf M. Ritter -- Ministry, worship and Christian life / Stuart G. Hall -- Christian ascetism and the early monks / Philip Rousseau -- Church councils and synods / James Alexander -- The Greek fathers / Frances Young -- The Latin fathers / David Wright -- The Oriental fathers / Sebastian Brock -- Greek influence on Christian thought / Christopher Stead -- Gnosticism / Kurt Rudolph -- Orthodoxy and heresy / Maurice Wiles -- Mysticism / Andrew Louth -- Schism and church unity / Gerald Bonner -- Pagan perceptions of Christiantiy / Timothy Barnes -- Church-state relations / Noel King -- Christian attitudes to poverty and wealth / Boniface Ramsey -- Patristic hisoriography / Jill Harries -- Archaeology / Kenneth Painter -- The early Church in the Renaissance and reformation / Irena Backus. |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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| Added Author |
Frend, W. H. C. (William Hugh Clifford), 1916-2005
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Hazlett, Ian, 1944-
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| ISBN |
0687114446 alkaline paper |
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9780687114443 alkaline paper |
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