Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of Rome, and the making of Christianity in the West, 350-550 AD /

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"Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem...

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Brown, Peter, 1935- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
30-600
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Richesse > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church
Wealth > Religious aspects > Christianity
Christentum
Reichtum
Sozialgeschichte
Rome > History > Empire, 284-476.
Rome > Histoire > 284-476 (Bas-Empire)
Rome (Empire)
Römisches Reich
Weströmisches Reich
History
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