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 / [print] Laurie Guy. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2004. - 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.



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.



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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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