Early Christianity in North Africa /

Decret, Francois,

Early Christianity in North Africa / [print] Francois Decret ; translated by Edward Smither. - Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, (c)2009. - xii, 228 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Translation of: Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.



Geographical and historical background -- Origins of the African church -- Tertullian : the "master" -- Mid-third-century persecution and crisis in Africa -- Cyprian, the "pope" of Carthage -- Organization and life of the third-century African churches -- The Donatist schism and the division of African Christianity -- The diverse African religious landscape in late antiquity -- Augustine of Hippo and the glory of the "great church" -- The final stages of the African church : from the Vandal invasion to the Arab Maghreb.



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Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.


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

BR190.D298.E275 2009 BR190