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Book SynopsisBetween 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and heresy, and spread beyond the Mediterranean world. This reader collects primary sources from the early Christian world.
Table of ContentsPreface ; Time Line ; Map ; 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION ; 2. THE END OF PERSECUTION ; 1. The Acts of Saint Felix ; 2. Lactantius: The Death of the Persecutors ; 3. CHRISTIANITY AND THE IMPERIAL HOUSE ; 3. The Origin of Constantine ; 4. Eusebius: The Life of Constantine ; 5. Zosimus: The New History ; 6. Julian: Letters on Religion ; 7. Ephraim: Hymns Against Julian ; 8. Ambrose: On the Death of Theodosius ; CHRISTIANITY AND ROMAN LAW ; 9. Theodosian Code: On Religion ; 10. The Novellas ; 5. BECOMING A CHRISTIAN ; CONVERSION ; 11. Augustine: Confessions ; 12. Sulpicius Severus: The Life of Saint Martin ; 13. Severus of Minorca: Letter on the Conversion of the Jews ; CATECHESIS AND INITIATION ; 14. Augustine: On Catechizing the Unlearned ; 15. John Chrysostom: Second Baptismal Instruction ; 6. CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP ; 16. Canons of Hippolytus ; 17. Testament of the Lord ; 18. Gregory of Nazianzus: On Himself and the Bishops ; 19. Aphrahat: Demonstration 10: On Pastors ; 7. HERESY AND ORTHODOXY ; TRINITARIAN CONTROVERSY ; 20. Arius: Thalia ; 21. Alexander of Alexandria: Letter to Alexander of Constantinople ; 22. Arius: Letter to Alexander of Alexandria ; 23. Gregory of Nazianzus: Third Theological Oration ; CHRISTOLOGICAL CONTROVERSY ; 24. Nestorius: Letter to Cyril of Alexandria ; 25. Cyril of Alexandria: Third Letter to Nestorius ; THE NATURE OF HUMANITY ; 26. Athanasius: On the Incarnation of the Word ; 27. Jerome: Letter to Ctesiphon (Against Pelagius) ; THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH ; 28. Optatus: Against the Donatists ; 29. Augustine: Sermon on the Dispute with the Donatists ; JUDAIZING HERESIES ; 30. John Chrysostom: First Speech Against the Judaizers ; 31. Epiphanius: Medicine Chest Against Heresies: The Nazoraeans ; 8. CANONS AND CREEDS ; 32. Canons of Elvira ; 33. Creed and Canons of Nicaea ; 34. Creed and Canons of Constantinople ; 35. Canons of Ephesus ; 36. Definition and Canons of Chalcedon ; 9. ASCETICISM AND MONASTICISM ; 37. Jerome: Letter to Eustochium ; 38. Pachomian Rules ; 39. Sayings of the Desert Fathers ; 40. Antony: Letters ; 41. Aphrahat: Demonstration 6: On Covenanters ; 10. PILGRIMS, RELICS, AND HOLY PLACES ; 42. Egeria: Travel Journal ; 43. Gregory of Nyssa: Letter on Pilgrimage ; 44. Victricius of Rouen: In Praise of the Saints ; 45. Lucianus: On the Discovery of Saint Stephen ; 11. SAINTS' LIVES ; 46. Athanasius: Life of Antony ; 47. Theodoret: Religious History ; 48. History of the Monks of Egypt ; 49. The Life of Pelagia ; 12. THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE ; CANON AND APOCRYPHA ; 50. Eusebius: Church History ; 51. Athanasius: Easter Letter 39 ; 52. Priscillian: On Faith and Apocrypha ; 53. Augustine: On Christian Doctrine ; BIBLICAL INTERPRETATION ; 54. Tyconius: Book of Rules ; 55. Diodore of Tarsus: Commentary on Psalms ; 56. Gregory of Nyssa: Homilies on the Song of Songs ; 13. CHRISTIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE ; 57. Paulinus of Nola: Song on Felix's Church ; 58. Christian Art in Late Antiquity ; 14. CHRISTIANITY OUTSIDE THE ROMAN EMPIRE ; 59. Sozomen: Church History ; 60. Acts of the Persian Martyrs ; 61. Passion of Saint Shushanik
