Author: A. R. VidlerPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Pelican History of the Church
Author: A. R. VidlerThe Penguin History of the Church
Author: Henry ChadwickPublisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141955023
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world
The Early Church
Author: Henry ChadwickPublisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140137538
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Chadwickʹs Early Church covers, as the book cover suggests, "the story of emergent Christianity from the apostolic age to the dividing of the ways between the Greek East and the Latin West." The story unfolds with the Jewish and Roman background within which the beginning church was nourished. It then goes on to show how important it is for the church to establish order and unity amidst threats of persecution and heresy. The emergence of apologists helps not only the expansion of the church but also the construction of Christian doctrine. At the same time, controversies abound as the church encountered many different cultural and sociological challenges while trying out in reaction a variety of ideas. With chapter seven, the relation between church and state changes, resulting in a stronger influence of the state upon the church while accelerating the split between the Latin West and the Greek East. The Arian controversy shows a period of instability between state and church, and also deepens the split of East and West. But within the turmoil, ascetic practice, papacy, liturgy, and art are established, helping to transmit a common European culture while the Roman Empire begins to degenerate.
Western Society and the Church in the Middle Ages
Author: R. W. SouthernPublisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140137552
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The concept of an ordered human society, both religious and secular, as an expression of a divinely ordered universe was central to medieval thought. In the West the political and religious community were inextricably bound together, and because the Church was so intimately involved with the world, any history of it must take into account the development of medieval society. Professor Southern's book covers the period from the eighth to the sixteenth century. After sketching the main features of each medieval age, he deals in greater detail with the Papacy, the relations between Rome and her rival Constantinople, the bishops and archbishops, and the various religious orders, providing in all a superb history of the period.
The Pelican History of the Church
Author: Gerald R. CraggPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140205053
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A History of Christian Missions
Author: Stephen NeillPublisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0140137637
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A History of Christian Missions traces the expansion of Christianity from its origins in the Middle East to Rome, the rest of Europe and the colonial world, and assesses its position as a major religious force worldwide. Many of the world’s religions have not actively sought converts, largely because they have been too regional in character. Buddhism, Islam and Christianity, however, are the three chief exceptions to this, and Christianity in particular has found a home in almost every country in the world. Professor Stephen Neill’s comprehensive and authoritative survey examines centuries of missionary activity, beginning with Christ and working through the Crusades and the colonization of Asia and Africa up to the present day, concluding with a shrewd look ahead to what the future may hold for the Christian Church.
The Pelican History of the Church 5
Author: Alexander Roper VidlerPublisher:
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Languages : en
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The Reformation
Author: Owen ChadwickPublisher:
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Languages : de
Pages : 308
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The Christian Tradition
Author: Jaroslav PelikanPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022602816X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
In this five-volume opus—now available in its entirety in paperback—Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth. "Pelikan's The Christian Tradition [is] a series for which they must have coined words like 'magisterial'."—Martin Marty, Commonweal
The Early Church
Author: Henry ChadwickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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