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2000 years of Christ's Power: Part One: The age of the early church fathers/ N. R. Neenham

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London Grace Publications Trust c2002Description: 400 p; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780946462490
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 203 .N44 2002
Contents:
Contents:
Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; A chapter on time; Chapter 1: The historical background: Rome and Israel; The Age of the Early Church Fathers; Chapter 2: The Jesus movement; Chapter 3: The apostolic fathers, persecution and apologetics; Chapter 4: Gnostics, Catholics and Montanists; Chapter 5: African Christianity: Alexandria and Carthage; Chapter 6: From persecution to toleration; Chapter 7: Christianity, paganism and society in the 4th Century; Chapter 8: The Arian controversy. Chapter 9: John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine of HippoChapter 10: Christological controversies: From Apollinarius to the Council of Chalcedon; Chapter 11: The fall of Rome and the new Germanic kingdoms in the West; Chapter 12: The East divided: From the Monophysites to Maximus the Confessor; Glossary; Bibliography and internet resources; Index to names; Index to subjects.
Summary: Summary:Summary: This book was born out of the author's deep conviction that today's Christians can benefit enormously from learning what God has done in the past. The mighty act of Christ did not come to a halt soon after the events recorded in the book of Acts. In every century since the first, the Almighty has been at work and believers can trace his footsteps by studying the way that Christians of a previous generation faced the challenges that confronted them. It is intended that this will the first in a series of four volumes, which will cover the history of the church from the earliest days up.
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contains index

Contents:

Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Introduction; A chapter on time; Chapter 1: The historical background: Rome and Israel; The Age of the Early Church Fathers; Chapter 2: The Jesus movement; Chapter 3: The apostolic fathers, persecution and apologetics; Chapter 4: Gnostics, Catholics and Montanists; Chapter 5: African Christianity: Alexandria and Carthage; Chapter 6: From persecution to toleration; Chapter 7: Christianity, paganism and society in the 4th Century; Chapter 8: The Arian controversy. Chapter 9: John Chrysostom, Jerome and Augustine of HippoChapter 10: Christological controversies: From Apollinarius to the Council of Chalcedon; Chapter 11: The fall of Rome and the new Germanic kingdoms in the West; Chapter 12: The East divided: From the Monophysites to Maximus the Confessor; Glossary; Bibliography and internet resources; Index to names; Index to subjects.

Summary:

This book was born out of the author's deep conviction that today's Christians can benefit enormously from learning what God has done in the past. The mighty act of Christ did not come to a halt soon after the events recorded in the book of Acts. In every century since the first, the Almighty has been at work and believers can trace his footsteps by studying the way that Christians of a previous generation faced the challenges that confronted them. It is intended that this will the first in a series of four volumes, which will cover the history of the church from the earliest days up.