Introducing early Christianity : a topical survey of its life, beliefs, and practices /
Guy, Laurie.
Introducing early Christianity : a topical survey of its life, beliefs, and practices / - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2004. - 310 Pages. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
If Paul could see us now : four centuries of dramatic change -- Second-generation Christianity : the churches of the Apostolic Fathers -- Suffering and dying for God : persecution and martyrdom -- Getting organized : ministry and structure -- Getting recognized : Emperor Constantine's revolution -- Radical discipleship : asceticism and monasticism -- Women in the early church : liberated or confined? -- The emerging shape of worship : Eucharist and liturgy -- Getting in and staying in : baptism and penance -- Exploring the paths : the development of early Christian doctrine -- Mapping the mind of the church : orthodoxy defined.
083082698X (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004008466
Church history
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
BR165 / .G89 2004
270.1
Introducing early Christianity : a topical survey of its life, beliefs, and practices / - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, ©2004. - 310 Pages. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
If Paul could see us now : four centuries of dramatic change -- Second-generation Christianity : the churches of the Apostolic Fathers -- Suffering and dying for God : persecution and martyrdom -- Getting organized : ministry and structure -- Getting recognized : Emperor Constantine's revolution -- Radical discipleship : asceticism and monasticism -- Women in the early church : liberated or confined? -- The emerging shape of worship : Eucharist and liturgy -- Getting in and staying in : baptism and penance -- Exploring the paths : the development of early Christian doctrine -- Mapping the mind of the church : orthodoxy defined.
083082698X (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004008466
Church history
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
BR165 / .G89 2004
270.1