| Description |
xvii, 1022 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes. |
| Contents |
Jews and Christians. The Jewish background ; Jesus of Nazareth ; Paul and the first expansion 30-65 ; The Christian synagogue 70-135 ; Opposition cult 135-80 ; Acute Hellenization 135-93 ; The emergence of orthodoxy 135-93 -- Christianity and the Roman empire. Out of the shadows 193-235 ; Struggle and advance 235-60 ; The third century : the Western churches 190-260 ; The third century : Christian Platonism of Alexandria and its opponents 190-275 ; Church and people in the third century ; The age of Diocletian 270-405 ; The Constantinian revolution 305-30 -- From Constantine to Chalcedon. Toward Byzantium 330-61 ; From pagan to Christian society 330-60 ; Hero of a lost cause : the Emperor Julian 360-63 ; New perspectives in West and East 363-99 ; The North African dimension 370-430 ; Christianity and barbarism : the West 380-450 ; The road to Chalcedon 398-451 -- The parting of the ways. The Catholic recovery in the West 452-536 ; Justinian and the Byzantine achievement 527-65 ; "And East is East" 565-604. |
| Subject |
Church history -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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| ISBN |
0800607139 |
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9780800607135 |
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