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Early christianity in North Africa /

Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. Smither provides English readers a quality translation of an important book that captures the unique spirit of an invaluable chapter of churc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Decret, François (Autor)
Otros Autores: Smither, Edward (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Cambridge, England : James Clarke & Co, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Translator's Preface; Preface to the English Translation; 1. Geographical and Historical Background; 2. Origins of the African Church; 3. Tertullian: the "Master"; 4. Mid-Third-Century Persecution and Crisis in Africa; 5. Cyprian, the "Pope" of Carthage; 6. Organization and Life of the Third-Century African Churches; 7. The Donatist Schism and the Division of African Christianity; 8. The Diverse African Religious Landscape in Late Antiquity; 9. Augustine of Hippo and the Glory of the "Great Church."
  • 10. The Final Stages of the African Church: From the Vandal Invasion to the Arab MaghrebChronology; Bibliography; Back Cover.