Augustus to Constantine

This masterful study of the early centuries of Christianity vividly brings to life the religious, political, and cultural developments through which the faith that began as a sect within Judaism became finally the religion of the Roman empire. First published in 1970, Grant's classic is enhanced with a new foreward by Margaret M. Mitchell, which assesses its importance and puts the reader in touch with the advances of current research.

Robert M. Grant is Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago Divinity School.

ABBREVIATIONS,

vii

PREFACE BY ROBERT M. GRANT,

ix

PREFACE BY MARGARET M. MITCHELL,

xi

FOREWORD: "WHAT CAN WE KNOW ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS OF CHRISTIANITY?" BY MARGARET MITCHELL,

xiii

ORIGINAL PREFACE,

xxxvii

PART ONE THE RISE OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE ROMAN WORLD

I-THE ROMAN EMPIRE,

3

(18)

II-ROME AND THE JEWS,

21

(19)

III-CHRISTIAN ORIGINS,

40

(13)

IV-CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION,

53

(16)

V-SOME CHRISTIAN CONTROVERSIES,

69

(8)

PART TWO CHRISTIANITY IN THE SECOND CENTURY

VI-ROME AND THE CHRISTIANS,

77

(24)

VII-THE APOLOGETIC MOVEMENT,

101

(19)

VIII-THE GNOSTIC CRISIS,

120

(11)

IX-THE MONTANIST CRISIS,

131

(14)

X-CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION,

145

(20)

PART THREE CHRISTIANITY IN THE THIRD CENTURY

XI-ROME AND THE CHRISTIANS,

165

(8)

XII-THE PROBLEM OF GROWTH,

173

(6)

XIII-THE CHURCH AT ROME,

179

(8)

XIV-THE CHURCH IN AFRICA,

187

(11)

XV- SCHOOL AND CHURCH AT ALEXANDRIA,

198

(18)

XVI-THE CHURCH AT ANTIOCH AND ELSEWHERE,

216

(9)

PART FOUR THE TRIUMPH OF THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT

XVII-DIOCLETIAN AND THE PERSECUTION,

225

(10)

XVIII-CONSTANTINE AND THE CHURCH,

235

(18)

PART FIVE THE CONTINUITY OF THE CHRISTIAN MOVEMENT

XIX-CHRIS'T'IAN WAYS OF LIFE,

253

(26)

XX-CREEDAL FORMULATIONS AND ESCHATOLOGY,

279

(5)

XXI-CH FUSTIAN WORSHIP,

284

(29)

LIST OF ROMAN EMPERORS AND BISHOPS,

313

(2)

ROMAN MONEY,

315

(5)

MAP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, CA. 100 C.E.,

320

(1)

SELECTED READING LIST,

321

(9)

REVISED SELECTED READING LIST,

330

(13)

INDEX,

343

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