The Donatist church in an apocalyptic age / Jesse A. Hoover.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoover, Jesse A., author.

Series:

Oxford early Christian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Donatists.

Physical Description:

254 pages ; 25 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

This book explores how the Donatist church, a schismatic movement that for a brief moment formed the majority church in Roman North Africa interpreted the apocalypse during the first two centuries of its existence (c. 300-500).

Contents:

1 The Apocalypse that Never Was: External Impressions of Donatist Eschatology p. 25

2 "The World has Grown Old": The Roots of Donatist Eschatology p. 65

3 "Woe to You, World, for You are Perishing!" Early Donatists at the End of the Age p. 98

4 "God Will Come from the Afric": Mainstream Donatism and Remnant Theology p. 116

5 "As We Have Already Seen in Africa": The Tyconian Alternative p. 161

6 "His Name Means 'Ever-Increasing'": Donatist Eschatology after 411 p. 182.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-250) and index.

ISBN:

019882551X

9780198825517

OCLC:

1012500712