John McGuckin, a world-renowned expert on ancient Christianity, has synthesized a lifetime of work to produce the most comprehensive and accessible history of the first millennium of the Christian church. This readable account explores the history in chronological order and then examines the same period thematically, looking at issues such as women, war, and the Bible.
John McGuckin, a world-renowned expert on ancient Christianity, has synthesized a lifetime of work to produce the most comprehensive and accessible history of the first millennium of the Christian church. This readable account explores the history in chronological order and then examines the same period thematically, looking at issues such as women, war, and the Bible.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
John Anthony McGuckin held the Nielsen Chair in Late Antique Christian History at Union Theological Seminary and was professor of Byzantine Christian Studies at Columbia University in New York City. He is an archpriest of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and rector of the Orthodox Church in Lytham St. Annes, England. He serves on the faculty of church history at Oxford University, and is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society of the United Kingdom. McGuckin has been awarded several honorary doctorates, and has written twenty-five works of historical theology, including St. Cyril of Alexandria: The Christological Controversy, St. Gregory of Nazianzus: An Intellectual Biography, The Westminster Handbook to Patristic Theology, and The Ascent of Law.
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Abbreviations Part I: The Church's Pilgrim's Path 1. The Fertile Second Century 2. Blood in the Arena: The Age of Persecutions and Resistance: Second to Third Centuries 3. Coming of Age: Christianity in the Third Century 4. The Gospel on the Throne: Christians in the Fourth-Century East 5. Reconciling the World: Christian Ascetical and Penitential Imperatives 6. Remaking Society: The Church in the West in the Fourth to Sixth Centuries 7. A Church of the Nations: Ancient Global Christianity 8. The Rise of the Ecumenical Conciliar System in the Fifth to Sixth Centuries 9. The Emergence of Christian Byzantium in the Sixth to Ninth Centuries 10. The Flourishing of Medieval Rome in the Seventh to Tenth Centuries 11. The Formation of Christian Liturgy 12. The Great Parting of Ways: Greek East and Latin West in the Tenth to Eleventh Centuries Part II: A Winding Road: Select Themes and Ideas 13. The Bible and Its Interpretation in the Early Church 14. The Church and War 15. The Development of Christian Hymnography 16. Ways of Prayer in the Early Church 17. Women in Ancient Christianity 18. Healing and Philanthropy in Early Christianity 19. The Exercise of Authority in the Church: Orders and Offices 20. Christians and Magic 21. The Church and Wealth 22. Church and Slavery in an Age of Oppression 23. Attitudes to Sexuality in the Early Church 24. A Brief Account of Ancient Christian Art Epilogue Appendix 1: The Seven Ecumenical Councils: A Brief Guide Appendix 2: List of the Roman Popes to 1054 and the Patriarchs of Constantinople to 1453 Appendix 3: List of The Roman Emperors to 1453 Author Index Subject Index
Abbreviations Part I: The Church's Pilgrim's Path 1. The Fertile Second Century 2. Blood in the Arena: The Age of Persecutions and Resistance: Second to Third Centuries 3. Coming of Age: Christianity in the Third Century 4. The Gospel on the Throne: Christians in the Fourth-Century East 5. Reconciling the World: Christian Ascetical and Penitential Imperatives 6. Remaking Society: The Church in the West in the Fourth to Sixth Centuries 7. A Church of the Nations: Ancient Global Christianity 8. The Rise of the Ecumenical Conciliar System in the Fifth to Sixth Centuries 9. The Emergence of Christian Byzantium in the Sixth to Ninth Centuries 10. The Flourishing of Medieval Rome in the Seventh to Tenth Centuries 11. The Formation of Christian Liturgy 12. The Great Parting of Ways: Greek East and Latin West in the Tenth to Eleventh Centuries Part II: A Winding Road: Select Themes and Ideas 13. The Bible and Its Interpretation in the Early Church 14. The Church and War 15. The Development of Christian Hymnography 16. Ways of Prayer in the Early Church 17. Women in Ancient Christianity 18. Healing and Philanthropy in Early Christianity 19. The Exercise of Authority in the Church: Orders and Offices 20. Christians and Magic 21. The Church and Wealth 22. Church and Slavery in an Age of Oppression 23. Attitudes to Sexuality in the Early Church 24. A Brief Account of Ancient Christian Art Epilogue Appendix 1: The Seven Ecumenical Councils: A Brief Guide Appendix 2: List of the Roman Popes to 1054 and the Patriarchs of Constantinople to 1453 Appendix 3: List of The Roman Emperors to 1453 Author Index Subject Index
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