The Shaping of Christianity
The History and Literature of Its Formative Centuries (100-800)
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Word Count
66,250 words, Guess
Page Count
265 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9355814M
- ISBN-139780809138678
- ISBN-100809138670
- OCLC Control Number41026537
- OCLC Control Numbershapingofchristi0000vall
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number99024386
- LibraryThing3588519
- Goodreads3109842
Classifications
- LCCBR165 .V35 1999
Description
"When did Christianity become established as a new religion? What was the early faith's relationship to Jewish and Greek culture? How did early-doctrines come to be? These and many other questions are examined in this introduction to the formative centuries of Christianity."--BOOK JACKET. "Written for those who are new to the subject, The Shaping of Christianity surveys the development of the Christian movement in the context of the political, social, and religious milieux of the second through eighth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Christianity was born along the shores of the Mediterranean Sea; its birth took place in the early decades of the Roman Empire.
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