| Description |
434 pages : map ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
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 Agbar -- 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 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, Paul, and the Manichees -- Diocletian to Maximian : persecutions, the imperial recantation -- Maximian's renewed attack on the church : the end of persecution -- Peace and recovery of the church : the victory of Constantine. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-[336]). |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, approximately 30-600 -- Early works to 1800.
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| Indexed Term |
Christian church history |
| Added Author |
Williamson, G. A. (Geoffrey Arthur), 1895-1982
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Louth, Andrew.
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| Added Title |
Ecclesiastical history. English
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| ISBN |
0140445358: $8.95 (U.S.) |
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9780140445350 |
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