Church history books

Eight centuries have passed since the Dominicans first arrived in England. This book tells their fascinating story....  Read More >>

This book presents the first modern critical edition of the work of Gregory of Nyssa, On the Human Image of God...  Read More >>

A History of Eastern Christianity (1968) is a scholarly and comprehensive account of the history of the non-Greek...  Read More >>

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Christine Jacobi examines ancient texts that make the attempt to make the idea of bodily resurrection after death...  Read More >>

The remarkable papal history known as the Liber pontificalis permanently shaped perceptions and the memory of Rome,...  Read More >>

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First published in 1990, Jesus in the Tide of Time considers the historical Jesus and studies the ways in which...  Read More >>

Details the most significant monastic and secular events of the Middle Ages in Western Europe, such as the fall...  Read More >>

Die Eucharistiefeier zählt neben der Taufe zu den ältesten liturgischen Vollzügen des Christentums und kann bis...  Read More >>

The history of the Chinese Union Version, set against the broader history of Chinese Bible translation  Read More >>

Old Religion, New Spirituality: Implications of Secularisation and Individualisation in Estonia, edited by Riho...  Read More >>

During the seventeenth century, Dutch ministers built libraries and wrote books to fulfill their divine calling...  Read More >>

Was mussten Menschen in der Mitte des 4. Jahrhunderts auf sich nehmen, um durch die Taufe Teil der christlichen...  Read More >>

A church in the east end of London reflects on its earlier decades, its roles and activities in a rapidly changing...  Read More >>

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As Cardinal Hugo and as pope, Gregory was one of the dominant figures in the history of the papacy of the High Middle...  Read More >>

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This cross-disciplinary volume of essays offers the first comprehensive set of studies to examine the nexus of music...  Read More >>

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This Handbook presents 44 chapters covering the complex history of the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church...  Read More >>

Conventional approaches to the Synoptic gospels argue that the gospel authors acted as literate spokespersons for...  Read More >>

Exposición del itinerario antiguo y la importancia actual de los Padres de la Iglesia, centrándose en los orientales...  Read More >>

Reconciling contrasting philosophical strands to unify aesthetics and philokalia in Orthodox theology  Read More >>