The Ancient Church As Family
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780800632489
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Christian institutions & organizations; New Testament; Religion; History of doctrines; Early Church (To 476); Religious aspects; Religion - Church History; Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Primitive and early church, ca; Kinship; Christianity - History - General; Sociology of Religion; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Christianity; Church history; Early church, ca. 30-600; Bible - Study - New Testament
First sentence: FERGUS MILLAR RECENTLY PREFACED HIS IMPORTANT MONOGRAPH on the Roman Near East with the categorical assertion, "The spread of Christianity must indeed be taken as the single most important development which occurred in the period from the reign of Augustus to the death of Constantine."