The Early Church

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ISBN: 9780140231991 | 0140231994
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1993

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This revised and updated edition of the first volume of The Penguin History of the Church, examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries A.D., and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.

1 From Jerusalem to Rome The Jewish background - The earliest Church - The Gentile Church - Encounter with the Roman Empire

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2 Faith and Order The bonds of unity - Gnosticism - The Ministry and the Bible - Forms of the Ministry

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3 Expansion and Growth Causes of success - The geographical extension of the Church - The defence of the Faith

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4 Justin and Irenaeus Justin Martyr - Irenaeus

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5 Easter, the Monarchian Controversy, and Tertullian Easter - The Monarchian Controversy - Tertullian

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6 Clement of Alexandria and Origen Clement of Alexandria - Origen

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7 Church, State and Society in the Third Century The pagan revival and the persecution of Decius - Cyprian - The Great Persecution and its consequences

116

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8 Constantine and the Council of Nicaea

125

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9 The Arian Controversy after the Council of Nicaea From Nicaea to the death of Constantine - The Church under the sons of Constantine - From Julian to Theodosius I

133

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10 The Conflict of Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century

152

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11 Church, State and Society from Julian to Theodosius

160

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12 The Ascetic Movement

174

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13 The Controversy about Origen and the Tragedy of John Chrysostom

184

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14 The Problem of the Person of Christ Diodore, Theodore, and Apollinaris - Cyril and Nestorius - The `Monophysite' Council of Ephesus and the reaction at Chalcedon - The search for reconciliation - The doctrine of one will

192

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15 The Development of Latin Christian Thought Jerome and the beginnings of maturity - The conversion of Augustine - The Donatist schism and the problem of coercion - `The City of God' and the Pelagian controversy - The Holy Trinity

213

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16 The Papacy

237

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17 The Church and the Barbarians

247

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18 Worship and Art Liturgy - Daily offices - Early Church music - Christian art

258

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Conclusion

285

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Suggestions for Further Reading

290

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The Early Church

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