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Zusatztext A thoroughly researched and clearly written book, resulting from lectures on the theme at St Benet’s Hall, Oxford. Informationen zum Autor Dom Bernard Green is a monk of Ampleforth and Fellow and Tutor in Theology at St Benet's Hall, Oxford, UK. Klappentext The reader is taken on a journey from the earliest roots of Christianity to its near acceptance as religion of the Roman Empire. > Vorwort The reader is taken on a journey from the earliest roots of Christianity to its near acceptance as religion of the Roman Empire. Zusammenfassung Takes the reader from the very first generation of Christians in Rome, a tiny group of Jews who acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah, down to the point when Christianity had triumphed over savage persecution and was on the verge of becoming the religion of the Roman Empire. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1) The city of Rome - size, ethnic and cultural diversity; the Jewish community, large but very different from that in Alexandria 2) Christianity's origins in Rome; the Letter to the Romans; persecution under Nero; the separation of Christianity from Judaism earlier in Rome than almost anywhere else; the Christian claim to be the true Israel in 1 Clement (96) and the Shepherd of Hermas (c 130) 3) Disputes in Rome about the core doctrines of Christianity; Valentinus and gnosticism; Marcion and the Old Testament; Justin and the Logos doctrine and self-justification to the pagan world; Sabellius and modalism 4) The evolution of the papacy - when and how? Hippolytus and Callistus; the catacombs 5) The 3rd century crisis of the Empire - Rome no longer the capital; persecutions of Decius and Valerian; Rome and Cyprian of Carthage on the lapsed and the Novatian schism (the meaning and character of the Church); survival and growth of the Roman Church; the use of Latin instead of Greek 6) Constantine: the end of persecution; triumph at Rome in 312; his buildings and patronage - the Lateran, St Peter's etc; Christianity in the city and the cult of martyrs; the figure of the pope ...
