The Early Church books

John Chrysostom was one of the most prolific and admired Christian preachers of the fourth century AD. This book...  Read More >>

This translation makes available 19 orations by the 4th-century Cappadocian Father Gregory of Nazianzus. The sermons...  Read More >>

This book provides ready access into and sure guidance through the marvelous, often convoluted, invariably rich...  Read More >>

This work provides a survey of the history of the earliest Christian church in the period up to the fall of Jerusalem....  Read More >>

This work provides a survey of the history of the earliest Christian church in the period up to the fall of Jerusalem....  Read More >>

This text explains why Christian leaders have minimized the importance of James the Just, who served as the first...  Read More >>

Slightly revised and abridged version of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Johannes Gutenberg-Universiteat Mainz,...  Read More >>

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers (first and second centuries AD) give a rich and diverse picture of Christian...  Read More >>

The writings of the Apostolic Fathers (first and second centuries AD) give a rich and diverse picture of Christian...  Read More >>

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This is a critical account of the state-of-the-art of scholarship in earliest Christianity, and where and how it...  Read More >>

The Westminster Dictionary of New and Early Christian Literature and Rhetoric is an authoritative reference that...  Read More >>

Between 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and...  Read More >>

This revised and expanded edition of a book that first appeared in 1945 offers an inside look at the growth and...  Read More >>

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Between 300 and 450 CE, Christianity rose to prominence in the Roman Empire, developed new notions of sanctity and...  Read More >>

This is the second edition of an anthology on early Christian writing, which includes virtually every piece produced...  Read More >>

Intends to present the main themes of the early Irish church in an accessible manner to the scholar and the uninitiated...  Read More >>

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This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm...  Read More >>

Evagrius of Pontus (c.345-399) was one of the most prominent figures among the monks of the desert settlements of...  Read More >>

The Church in Ancient Society provides a narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church. Ancient...  Read More >>

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Henry Chadwick provides an account of the emergence of divisions between Rome and Constantinople. Starting with...  Read More >>

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