Title: The shaping of Christianity : the history and literature of its formative centuries (100-800) /
Authors: Vallée, Gérard, 1933-
Publisher: Paulist Press,
Year: 1999
Subjects: Church history; Christian literature, Early History and criticism.; Church history; Church history
Abstract: "When did Christianity become established as a new religion? What was the early faith's relationship to Jewish and Greek culture? How did early-doctrines come to be? These and many other questions are examined in this introduction to the formative centuries of Christianity." "Written for those who are new to the subject, The Shaping of Christianity surveys the development of the Christian movement in the context of the political, social, and religious milieux of the second through eighth centuries."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: Map: the late angique world -- Chart: Roman emperors -- Chart: Leading figures of the Patristic Period -- Christianity in the Roman world (70-120) -- The Jewish legacy (50-150) -- The Greek legacy (50-170) -- Varieties of syncretism (120-220) -- The painful partitions (150-430) -- Inversion of the Empire (200-500) -- The practice of Christian life (100-600) -- Gods, God, and Christ (381-681) -- Heyday of patristic literature (Mainly 300-550) -- Main developments between 500 and 800.