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913557666 |
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AUA.1 |
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20160809164935.0 |
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151106t20162016miu b 001 0 eng |
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2015043726 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780801048494 |
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| International Standard Book Number |
0801048494 |
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(OCoLC)913557666 |
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DLC |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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rda |
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STF |
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DLC |
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YDXCP |
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BTCTA |
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BDX |
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OCLCF |
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BCT |
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WIO |
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LNT |
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EXN |
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pcc |
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EXNs |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
BR162.3 |
| Item number |
.K74 2016 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
270.1 |
| Edition number |
23 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Kreider, Alan, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1941- |
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author. |
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22780 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The patient ferment of the early church : |
| Remainder of title |
the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Alan Kreider. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Grand Rapids, MI.: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Baker Academic, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2016 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 321 p ; |
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23 cm. |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Growth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and worship, yet the church grew -- not by specific strategies but by patient ferment. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Church history |
| Chronological subdivision |
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Koha item type |
Books |
| Classification part |
BR 162.3 |
| Item part |
.K74 2016 |