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Informationen zum Autor Philip Carrington was born July 6, 1892, in Lichfield, England, and died October 3, 1975. He was educated at Christ's College, New Zealand; Canterbury University College, New Zealand; and Selwyn College, Cambridge. His degrees included both earned (M.A.,D.D., Litt.D.) and honorary ones (S.T.D, D.C.L.). As an Anglican scholar he held various positions in New Zealand (1922), Australia (1924-27), and Canada (1927-60), including the Archbishopric of Quebec. He was the author of fourteen scholarly books on subjects as diverse as apologetics, ecclesiology, the life of Christ, church history, and the New Testament. Klappentext Archbishop Carrington examines the rise and development of the Christian Church during the first two centuries after the Crucifixion. Zusammenfassung This is a 1957 account of the rise and development of the Christian Church during the first two centuries after the Crucifixion. This volume focuses on the birth of Christianity to the end of the first century. There are over 100 photographs and chronological tables! and reading lists. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of maps and tables; The sources; Introduction; 1. The Hellenistic Period; 2. Galilee and Jerusalem; 3. Caesarea; 4. Antioch and Galatia; 5. Conference in Jerusalem; 6. Macedonia and Achaia; 7. Ephesus; 8. Pilgrimage to Jerusalem; 9. Paul in Rome; 10. The martyrdoms; 11. The tradition of Peter; 12. The fall of Jerusalem; 13. Jewish Christianity; 14. The Pauline successors; 15. Christian literature under Vespasian; 16. The Elders in Asia Minor; 17. The Syrian Gospel; 18. The tyranny of Domitian; 19. The Ephesian Gospel; 20. Corinth and Rome; 21. Hermas and his angel; 22. Oriental Christianity; 23. The wars of Trajan; 24. Ingatius the Martyr; 25. Apostolic tradition; 26. Catechism and sacrament; Bibliography; Index.
