The rise of Christianity
By: W.H.C. Frend.
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1022
Subjects: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Description: The definitive text in early church history, Frend's The Rise of Christianity offers a vast, panoramic sweep of Christianity's first six centuries, from the dust of Palestine to the court of Justinian and the parting of Eastern and Western Christianity. With many maps, chronologies, and graphics, Frend's text is an engaging story but also an immensely learned and careful work of scholarship. - Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and indexes.