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The definitive survey of martyrdom and persecution during the first four centuries of the Church.

Table of Contents
Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Martyrs of Lyons, Judaism and Martyrdom, Martyrdom in the New Testament Period, Rome and Foreign Cults, The Legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41, The Church and the World to A.D. 70, Old Israel and New, 70-135, Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138, The False Dawn, 135-165, The Years of Crisis, 165-180, The Turn of the Tide, 180-235, The Great Divide: Alexandria, Carthage and Rome 190-240, Decius, The Triumph of Christianity, 260-303, The Great Persecution, 303-312, What has the Emperor to do with the Church? 312-361 Conclusion Bibliography Index

Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church

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      Publisher: James Clarke & Co Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 3/27/2008 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780227172292, 978-0227172292
      ISBN10: 0227172299

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The definitive survey of martyrdom and persecution during the first four centuries of the Church.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Introduction Acknowledgements Abbreviations The Martyrs of Lyons, Judaism and Martyrdom, Martyrdom in the New Testament Period, Rome and Foreign Cults, The Legacy of the Hellenistic East to A.D. 41, The Church and the World to A.D. 70, Old Israel and New, 70-135, Lord Caesar or Lord Christ? 70-138, The False Dawn, 135-165, The Years of Crisis, 165-180, The Turn of the Tide, 180-235, The Great Divide: Alexandria, Carthage and Rome 190-240, Decius, The Triumph of Christianity, 260-303, The Great Persecution, 303-312, What has the Emperor to do with the Church? 312-361 Conclusion Bibliography Index

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