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The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / Alan Kreider.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2016.Description: xiii, 321 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780801048494
  • 0801048494
Subject(s): Other classification:
  • BQX 251.K74 2016
Contents:
Part 1. Growth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Part 2. Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Part 3. Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- Part 4. The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Opera (Magaz.) Opera (Magaz.) Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Magazzino BQX 251.K74 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 0030191986

Include bibliografia (p. 297-313) e indice.

Part 1. Growth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Part 2. Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Part 3. Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- Part 4. The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.