History of the Early Church to Ad 500

Zusatztext `As good a treatment of the subject as one is likely to find.' - Studies Informationen zum Autor John William Charles Wand, formerly Bishop of London. Zusammenfassung This concise but comprehensive study of the early church is detailed and makes use of specialist works on this subject. It is informative and has an accessible nature making a complex historic subject easier to take in. Inhaltsverzeichnis I. THE ENVIRONMENT II. THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH III. THE SUB-APOSTOLIC CHURCH IV. ATTACK AND DEFENCE V. GNOSTICISM VI. THE SECOND HALF OF THE SECOND CENTURY VII. THE FIRST LONG PEACE VIII. CHURCH LIFE AND WORSHIP IX. RENEWED PERSECUTION X. CYPRIAN XII. THE END OF PERSECUTION XIII. THE RIVALS OF CHRISTIANITY XIV. ECCLESIASTICAL TROUBLES XVI. JULIAN AND THE CAPPADOCIAN THEOLOGIANS XVII. THE GOTHS AND THE CHURCH XV. THE PROGRESS OF ARIANISM XVIII. MONASTICISM AND THE FALL OF PAGANISM XIX. DIVERGENCE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST XI. THE SECOND LONG PEACE XX. NESTORIANISM AND PELAGIANISM XXI. THE PAPACY AND THE CHRISTOLOGICAL QUESTION XXII. THE OUTSKIRTS OF EMPIRE XXIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE DARK AGES

Product details

• Authors: Wand, John William Charles Wand, Wand John William Charles
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.02.2016
• EAN: 9781138136298
• ISBN: 978-1-138-13629-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; HISTORY / General, General & world history, History of Religion, General and world history