The Early Church

This is a discussion of "primitive" - or original - Christianity. Covering the first five years, it argues that neither a theology nor a history can do justice to the subject and discusses the two main crises in the early Church - the split with...

A volume covering one of the most significant periods in the formation of the doctrine of the Church. A key text for all students of Patristics. Fully updated bibliographies for each chapter, subject area and writer are included.