A short history of the early church
xiv, 184 pages : maps ; 22 cm
9780802813398, 0802813399
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The world of the early church
The beginning of the church
The life of the church to 313
Persecution in the empire
Gnosticism, marcionism, and montanism
The power of the apostolic tradition
Three cities: Rome, Carthage, Alexandria
Diocletian and Constantine
The trinitarian controversy
The Germans, Arian missions, and monasticism
The life of the church, 312-600
Four great church leaders
The problem of the human and the divine in Christ