The early church / Morwenna Ludlow.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ludlow, Morwenna, author.

Series:

I. B. Tauris History of the Christian Church

I.B. Tauris history of the Christian Church The early church

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (482 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England ; New York, New York : I.B. Tauris, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

How did the early Christians manage to establish a religion and institution which, despite persecution, flourished and grew? How did their initial experience of being a despised minority in the Roman Empire shape their sense of privileged identity and uniqueness? And how was it that - at least at the outset - the first believers were able to exist alongside the same shared traditions, rituals and beliefs of the Jews, despite the Jewish rejection of Jesus as Messiah? The Christian community was born out of paradox: its faith in a man who was also the ''anointed one'' (or Christ) of God; and its

Contents:

Cover; About the Author; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Dedication; Map: The Early Christian World, First to Sixth Centuries; Preface; 1. From Jesus Christ to the Church (Mid-First to Mid-Second Centuries); 2. Hopes and Fears (Second Century); 3. Negotiating Boundaries: Varieties of Christianity in Rome and the West (Second to Third Centuries); 4. Alexandria and Carthage: The Development of Christian Culture (Second to Third Centuries); 5. Church and Empire: Diocletian, Constantine and the Controversy over Arius (Third to Fourth Centuries)

6. God and Humankind in Eastern Theology: Alexandria, Cappadocia, Nisibis and Edessa (Fourth Century)7. Saints and the City (Fourth to Fifth Centuries); 8. God and Humankind in Western Theology: Ambrose and Augustine (Fourth to Fifth Centuries); 9. Christology: A Tale of Three Cities (Fifth Century); 10. Epilogue (Fifth to Sixth Centuries); Notes; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [225]-269) and index.

ISBN:

9780857735591

0857735594

OCLC:

893332629