[PDF] The Church In Ancient Society eBook

Author : Henry Chadwick
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 23,91 MB
Release : 2001-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0191529958

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The Church in Ancient Society provides a full and enjoyable narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church. Ancient Greek and Roman society had many gods and an addiction to astrology and divination. This introduction to the period traces the process by which Christianity changed this and so provided a foundation for the modern world: the teaching of Jesus created a lasting community, which grew to command the allegiance of the Roman emperor. Christianity is discussed in relation to how it appeared to both Jews and pagans, and how its Christian doctrine and practice were shaped in relation to Graeco-Roman culture and the Jewish matrix. Among the major figures discussed are Tertullian, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Constantine, Julian the Apostate, Basil, Ambrose, and Augustine. Following a chronological approach, Henry Chadwick's clear exposition of important texts and theological debates in their historical context is unrivalled in detail. In particular, theological and ecclesial texts are examined in relation to the behaviour and beliefs of people who attended churches and synagogues. Christians did not find agreement and unity easy and the author displays a distinctive concern for the factors - theological, personal, and political - which caused division in the church and prevented reconciliation. The emperors, however, began to foster unity for political reasons and to choose monotheism. Finally, the Church captured the society.

Author : Bernard Green
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0567032507

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Author : Gillian Clark
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 32,93 MB
Release : 2004-12-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521633864

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Author : Harry Y. Gamble
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 28,20 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300069181

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This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.

Author : W. D. Killen
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 26,47 MB
Release : 2022-09-16
Category : History
ISBN :

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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Ancient Church" (Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution) by W. D. Killen. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Virginia Burrus
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 50,17 MB
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 1451419465

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The particular excitement of this volume lies in its focus on the everyday realities of Christians' lives in the era of Christian ascendancy and Roman decline. Popular fiction, childrearing and toys, rituals of inclusion, the beginning of veneration of saints and shunning of heretics, the ascetic impulse, food practices—all these and more lend color and texture to the story of a "people's" Christianity in this formative stage.

Author : Michael Hollerich
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 26,70 MB
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0520295366

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Known as the “Father of Church History,” Eusebius was bishop of Caesarea in Palestine and the leading Christian scholar of his day. His Ecclesiastical History is an irreplaceable chronicle of Christianity’s early development, from its origin in Judaism, through two and a half centuries of illegality and occasional persecution, to a new era of tolerance and favor under the Emperor Constantine. In this book, Michael J. Hollerich recovers the reception of this text across time. As he shows, Eusebius adapted classical historical writing for a new “nation,” the Christians, with a distinctive theo-political vision. Eusebius’s text left its mark on Christian historical writing from late antiquity to the early modern period—across linguistic, cultural, political, and religious boundaries—until its encounter with modern historicism and postmodernism. Making Christian History demonstrates Eusebius’s vast influence throughout history, not simply in shaping Christian culture but also when falling under scrutiny as that culture has been reevaluated, reformed, and resisted over the past 1,700 years.

Author : Joseph Cullen Ayer
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,56 MB
Release : 2019-06-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780359727209

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This thorough, well-sourced history of the early Christian church follows its origins in the Apostolic Age, through its growth during and after the collapse of the Roman Empire. The author treats the death of Christ as the starting point for his examination of Christianity's initial rise to prominence via the work of the apostles. Originally commanding only a small following in what is today Israel and its immediate surroundings, the movement grew rapidly despite being banned as heresy by the Roman authorities. Through disparate and spread over a wide area, early Christians were organized; the teachings of Jesus were spread by devoted, literate believers who commonly held copies of the New Testament and other lore. Great milestones in the history of Christianity, such as the Emperor Constantine's adoption of the faith, as well as the conflicts between different groups of believers, are examined. The emergence of the Catholic church, and the formal papal office of the Bishop of Rome, is detailed.

Author : John D. Hannah
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 44,86 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310233169

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The first in a series of three books that survey the history of the church from its beginning to the present day.