The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire /
Kreider, Alan, 1941-2017
The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / Alan Kreider. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2016. - xiii, 321 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780801048494 0801048494
Chiesa--Storia--Età antica
The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / Alan Kreider. - Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, 2016. - xiii, 321 p. ; 23 cm.
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.
9780801048494 0801048494
Chiesa--Storia--Età antica