The Early Church
From the Beginnings to 461
1st Edition
Published on 25. January 2013
320 pages
978-0-334-04857-2 (ISBN)
Description
Aimed at the undergraduate academic and interested lay person, this is a classic history of the formative period of the Church. It includes an account of Rome and 1st-century Judaism, the Gnostics and the conflicts of Eastern Christendom and examines such figures as Origen, Arian and St Augustine of Hippo. A bibliography of general works on Church history is also included.
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Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface by Carol Harrison
- Preface by the Author
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- PART ONE
- 1. Rome and the Mediterranean World
- 2. Rome and First-Century Judaism
- 3. The Primitive Community 41-70
- 4. The Old Israel and the New 70-135
- 5. The Gnostics. Marcion 130-80
- 6. A Generation of Crisis 160-85
- 7. Three Cities: Rome, Carthage and Alexandria 185-235
- 8. Origen
- 9. Decius-Valerian: A Decade of Persecution 249-59
- 10. The Dawn of the New Era 260-303
- 11. The Great Persecution 303-12
- 12. East and West to Nicaea
- PART TWO
- 13. The Arian Controversy 325-60
- 14. Julian the Apostate 361-3
- 15. The Triumph of Orthodoxy 363-82
- 16. Ambrose of Milan and Theodosius 381-95
- 17. Asceticism and the Monastic Movement in the Fourth Century
- 18. St. Augustine of Hippo 354-430
- 19. The Conflicts of Eastern Christendom 381-431
- 20. The Development of the Papacy from Damasus to Celestine 378-440
- 21. Leo and Chalcedon 440-61
- 22. Church and People from Constantine to Leo
- A Bibliography of General Works on Church History
- Chronological Guide: Events Relevant to Church History to 461
- Notes
- Index
