TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burns,J.Patout
AU  - Jensen,Robin M.
TI  - Christianity in Roman Africa: the Development of Its Practices and Beliefs
SN  - 9781467440370
AV  - BR190.C49 2014 
U1  - 276 
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Grand Rapids
PB  - Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
KW  - Africa
KW  - Church history
KW  - Christentum
KW  - gnd
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Primitive and early church
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION / Christianity / History
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Afrikanische Provinzen
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - The Baptistery at Hippo Regius; Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Abbreviations; Summary of Events; Map of Roman Africa; Key to Cities and Provinces in the Map; Introduction; Practice and Theology; A Theological School; A Practical Theology of the Church; Correlation with Practice; Archeological and Literary Evidence; Second and Third Centuries; Fourth and Fifth Centuries; The Vandal Era; The Byzantine Period; The Structure of This Book; 1. Christianity in North Africa to Diocletian; Background; Geographical Spread; Persecution; 180-249 c.e.; Persecution under Decius, 250/251 c.e; Destabilization and SuppressionRenewed Conflict between Caecilianists and Donatists; The Pelagian Controversy; Arians and Vandals; 3. Fifth-Century Conflicts: Vandal Arians and African Nicenes; The Vandal Conquest of Roman Africa; The Vandal Kingdom in Africa; The Religious Conflict; Vandal Arianism; Repression of Nicene Christianity; The Vandal Imprint; Byzantine Africa; Justinian's Conquest; Byzantine Orthodoxy; African Resistance to Justinian; Donatism; The Final Debate; Arab Africa; 4. Survey of the Archeological Evidence for Christian Practice; History and Overview of the Evidence; Types of Ecclesial StructuresDating the Remains; Characteristics of African Basilicas; Liturgical Furniture (Altars, Screens, and Pulpits); Baptismal Architecture; Multiple Baptisteries in a Single Urban Area; Baptistery Placement and Construction; Font Shapes, Sizes, and Depths; Mosaic Decoration of Baptisteries and Fonts; Additional Structures and Apparatus; Archeological Evidence Pertaining to the Cult of Saints; Burial ad Sanctos; Architectural Evidence for Christian Burial; Cemeteries and Cemetery Churches; Funerary Banquet or Offering Tables (Mensae); Mosaic Tomb Covers; Ecclesial Structures in Selected CitiesBasilica of Castellum Tingitanum (Chlef or Orléansville); The Churches of Carthage; The Caecilianist Cathedral of Carthage; Basilica Maiorum; Memoria Cypriani (Basilica of the Mappalia); The Churches of Sufetula; The Church of Bellator; The Chapel of Jucundus; The Basilica of Vitalis; The Church of Servus; The Basilica (or Martyrium) of Saints Sylvanius and Fortunatus; The Basilica of Saints Gervasius, Protasius, and Tryphon; Other Basilicas; The Chapel of Bishop Honorius (in the Region of Sufetula); The Ecclesial Complex at Hippo Regius
N2  - The Orders; Implementation of the Orders; The Victims; Persecution under Gallus; Persecution under Valerian and Gallienus, 257-260 c.e.; Dionysius of Alexandria; Cyprian; Further Implementation; Disciplinary and Doctrinal Disputes; Christian Literature; 2. The Christian Imperial Period: Diocletian to the Vandals; From Diocletian to Constantine; Diocletian's Reforms; The Persecution of Christians; Constantine and His Sons; The Liberation of Christianity; Religious Non-Conformists; Manichees; Novatianists; Tertullianists; Donatists; Julian to the Vandals; Stability Once More
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