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| Titre : | From Chist to Constantine |
| Auteurs : | M. A. Smith |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | London [GB] : Inter-Varsity Press (IVP), 1971 |
| Format : | 208 p. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | GJ/C (Histoire de l'Eglise : 133-313) |
| Résumé : | "Not just the towns, but the villages and country areas too are infected with this wretched superstition," complained a Roman provincial governor to the emperor Trajan in the early second century AD. The "superstition"? Christianity, then spreading fast through the Mediterranean world, much to the dismay of Roman authorities. Their remedy was often drastic: bitter persecution. But the church could not be wiped out; and in the fourth century, Christianity was adopted by Emperor Constantine as the official religion of the Roman Empire. How did the early church face persecution and meet its challenges—challenges we still encounter today? How did it develop its organization and formulate its beliefs? Who were the people who shaped its history? Michael Smith (who studied classics and theology at Oxford and is now a Baptist minister in Lancashire) pieces together the fascinating story of the first Christians in the formative years of the church’s existence: their difficulties and failures, their courage and achievements. |
| Note de contenu : |
1 Handover 2 The new génération 3 The way-out men 4 Within the body of Christ 5 Render to Caesar 6 Wider still and wider 7 Grounds for argument 8 Collision course 9 Towards stability 10 The last battle 11 The legacy |
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