History of the Church of Christ The Church of Apostles and Martyrs
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Book
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Category
Catholic Church - History
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Publication Year
1960
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., United States
Pages
623
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Description
Translated from the French by Audrey Butler.
This majestic panorama of early Christian history takes us from the events immediately succeeding Christ's Ascension to the eve of the Barbarian invasions.
Opening with an illuminating account of the origins of the Church and her progress down to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70, Henri Daniel-Rops then provides a magnificent study of St. Paul, who is, after Christ, perhaps the most influential figure in the annals of the Church.
There is a masterly portrayal of the relations between the infant Church and the imperial government, and of the persecutions under Nero, Domitian and the Antonines, followed by a fascinating picture of Christian life and worship in the days of the Catacombs.
Included is an important survey of early Christian literature, and the crucial period of the third century, ending with the victory of the Cross under Constantine.
The intellectual problems of the fourth century which gave rise to the first major heresies and the first steps taken to define Catholic dogmas are fully explored. The author vividly re-creates the administrative, cultural and spiritual features of the Church in the closing years of that century, when Theodosius the Great established Christianity as the official religion of the Empire.
Here is the brilliant and detailed story of a seed which bore in itself the mighty tree of Christendom, which was to become the heart of Europe and a vital element in Europe's vast expansions overseas.
This majestic panorama of early Christian history takes us from the events immediately succeeding Christ's Ascension to the eve of the Barbarian invasions.
Opening with an illuminating account of the origins of the Church and her progress down to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in A.D. 70, Henri Daniel-Rops then provides a magnificent study of St. Paul, who is, after Christ, perhaps the most influential figure in the annals of the Church.
There is a masterly portrayal of the relations between the infant Church and the imperial government, and of the persecutions under Nero, Domitian and the Antonines, followed by a fascinating picture of Christian life and worship in the days of the Catacombs.
Included is an important survey of early Christian literature, and the crucial period of the third century, ending with the victory of the Cross under Constantine.
The intellectual problems of the fourth century which gave rise to the first major heresies and the first steps taken to define Catholic dogmas are fully explored. The author vividly re-creates the administrative, cultural and spiritual features of the Church in the closing years of that century, when Theodosius the Great established Christianity as the official religion of the Empire.
Here is the brilliant and detailed story of a seed which bore in itself the mighty tree of Christendom, which was to become the heart of Europe and a vital element in Europe's vast expansions overseas.
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