The Early Church and the state / [print] translated by Michael Di Maio and Agnes Cunningham ; edited by Agnes Cunningham. - Philadelphia : Fortress Press, (c)1982. - viii, 117 pages ; 22 cm. - Sources of Early Christian thought ; 4 . - Sources of Early Christian thought ; 4. .

Translated from the Greek and Latin.



Introduction. The first period : the age of the martyrs ; The second period : the age of Constantine ; The third period : the golden age of the fathers -- Pliny. Letter to Trajan on the Christians -- Trajan. Rescript to Pliny on trials of Christians -- Tertullian. Apology -- The edict of Galerius -- The edict of Milan -- Eusebius of Caesarea. Oration on the thirtieth anniversary of Constantine's reign -- Eusebius of Vercelli. Letter 1 ; Letter 2 ; Letter 3 -- Ambrose of Milan. Sermon against Auxentius -- Ambrose of Milan. Letter 40 ; Letter 41 ; Letter 51.



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Church and state--History--Rome--Sources.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600--Sources.

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