A History of the Early Church

by Hans Lietzmann

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Publisher: Heinrich-Barth Institute

Subjects: Religious Studies

Series: Library of Ecclesiastical History

Language: English

Paperback (No longer our product)

(June 1993)

ISBN: 9780227679272

5.24 x 8.46 inches

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This is the standard history in two volumes of the development of the early Christian Church, ranging from the ministry of John the Baptist to the establishment of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the 4th century.


This is the standard history in two volumes of the development of the early Christian Church, ranging from the ministry of John the Baptist to the establishment of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the 4th century.

Volume 1 Foreword by W.H.C. Frend Part I: The Beginnings of the Christian Church 1. Palestine and the Roman Empire 2. Judaism in Palestine 3. John the Baptist 4. Jesus 5. The First Church 6. The Jewish Diaspora 7. Paul 8. The Christian Missionary Churches 9. The Roman Empire and its Religious Life 10. The Fate of Jewish Christianity 11. The Sub-Apostolic Period 12. John 13. Ignatius 14. Marcion 15. Gnosticism Part II: The Founding of the Church Universal 1. The World Empire of Rome in the Second and Third Centuries 2. The Church 3. The New Testament 4. Theology and the Rule of Faith 5. Worship 6. Christianity face to Face with the World 7. The Apologists 8. Asia Minor and the Montanist Movement 9. Gaul 10. Africa 11. Rome 12. Syria and Beyond 13. Egypt Volume 2 Part III: From Constantine to Julian 1. Downfall and Reconstruction of the Empire 2. The Final Victory of the Christian Church 3. The Donatist Controversy 4. The Arian Controversy to the Death of Constantine 5. Constantine 6. The Spirit of the Age of Constantine 7. Constantine's Successors 8. Constantius as Sole Emperor 9. The Spirit of the Age Following Constantine 10. Julian 11. Worship Part IV: The Era of the Church Fathers 1. Jovian, Valentinian, and Valens 2. Theodosius I and the End of the Arian Controversy 3. The Western Church under Valentinian I and Gratian 4. Ambrose and Theodosius 5. Popular Christianity in the Fourth Century 6. Monasticism Chronological Table Bibliography Index Volume 1 Foreword by W.H.C. Frend Part I: The Beginnings of the Christian Church 1. Palestine and the Roman Empire 2. Judaism in Palestine 3. John the Baptist 4. Jesus 5. The First Church 6. The Jewish Diaspora 7. Paul 8. The Christian Missionary Churches 9. The Roman Empire and its Religious Life 10. The Fate of Jewish Christianity 11. The Sub-Apostolic Period 12. John 13. Ignatius 14. Marcion 15. Gnosticism Part II: The Founding of the Church Universal 1. The World Empire of Rome in the Second and Third Centuries 2. The Church 3. The New Testament 4. Theology and the Rule of Faith 5. Worship 6. Christianity face to Face with the World 7. The Apologists 8. Asia Minor and the Montanist Movement 9. Gaul 10. Africa 11. Rome 12. Syria and Beyond 13. Egypt Volume 2 Part III: From Constantine to Julian 1. Downfall and Reconstruction of the Empire 2. The Final Victory of the Christian Church 3. The Donatist Controversy 4. The Arian Controversy to the Death of Constantine 5. Constantine 6. The Spirit of the Age of Constantine 7. Constantine's Successors 8. Constantius as Sole Emperor 9. The Spirit of the Age Following Constantine 10. Julian 11. Worship Part IV: The Era of the Church Fathers 1. Jovian, Valentinian, and Valens 2. Theodosius I and the End of the Arian Controversy 3. The Western Church under Valentinian I and Gratian 4. Ambrose and Theodosius 5. Popular Christianity in the Fourth Century 6. Monasticism Chronological Table Bibliography Index

  • By (author) Hans Lietzmann