Early Christian Church: Volume 2, The Second Christian Century
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521157384
Number of Pages: 570
Published: 11/08/2011
Width: 3.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
This is a 1957 account of the rise and development of the Christian Church during the first two centuries after the Crucifixion. The events are set down in the order in which they happened, giving a clear picture of the establishment, progress, sufferings and survival of the new faith. It focuses special attention on the men who decisively affected its history. Archbishop Carrington does not offer this book as a conventional history for the scholar. It is a personal view, and it is based on the conviction that the early writers accurately recorded events, unless proved otherwise. This second volume examines the establishment of the Church. There are over 100 photographs on 64 plates, seven maps, genealogical and chronological tables, and reading lists.
List of illustrations; List of maps and tables; The sources; 1. Anonymous Christian literature; 2. The Church in Asia; 3. The Second Jewish War; 4. The Heresiarchs; 5. The schools in Rome; 6. Aristides and Justin; 7. The Apology of Justin; 8. The martyrdom of Polycarp; 9. Eastern prophets and teachers; 10. Philosophy and martyrdom; 11. Phrygian Christianity; 12. Dionysius of Corinth; 13. Tatian and the East; 14. The period of Melito; 15. The martyrs of Gaul; 16. Theology in Rome; 17. Oriental Christianity; 18. Latin Christianity; 19. The refutation of Gnosis; 20. Creed, canon and liturgy; 21. Extra-canonical literature; 22. The Paschal Controversy; 23. Tertullian and Clement; 24. The reign of Severus; 25. The Church at peace; 26. The third Christian century; Appendices; Bibliography; Index to volumes 1 and 2.