Early Christianity

ISBN-10: 0442000499
ISBN-13: 9780442000493
Series: Early Christianity
Pages: 192
Language: English
Published: 1960
Publisher: Van Nostrand
Author: Roland Herbert Bainton

Description

Pt. I. Early Christianity. The church in the age of persecution ; The church and society ; The Christian Roman empire -- Pt. II. Documents and readings. The Roman government and the Christians ; The martyrs ; The literary attack and the apologies ; Rival religions ; The consolidation of the church ; The establishment of discipline ; The church and society ; Christianity the favored religion of the empire ; The empire and the church ; Reactions against the imperial church ; The city of God and the Byzantine church.