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An introduction to early Christianity / Pau Figueras.

By: Series: Gorgias handbooksPublisher: Piscataway, NJ : Gorgias Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 352 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781463235796
  • 1463235798
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Introduction to early Christianity.DDC classification:
  • 270.1 23
LOC classification:
  • BR162.3 .F54 2014eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The Jewish background of early Christianity -- Early Christianity in written sources -- Historical developments -- Messianic and apocalyptic doctrines -- Christian worship -- The origin and development of Christian monasticism -- Ancient Christian art and architecture.
Summary: This book offers a general introduction to the origin and development of Christianity, from its Jewish background in the land of Israel up to its contribution to the thought and art of medieval Europe. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of the history, life and thought of the Early Church, with the evidence from the earliest written sources attesting to the manifestation in history of the Christian phenomenon, and explanations of the different expressions of thought and works in the Early Church, including its apocalyptic and messianic doctrines, liturgy and sacraments, monasticism, art and architecture.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-334) and indexes.

The Jewish background of early Christianity -- Early Christianity in written sources -- Historical developments -- Messianic and apocalyptic doctrines -- Christian worship -- The origin and development of Christian monasticism -- Ancient Christian art and architecture.

This book offers a general introduction to the origin and development of Christianity, from its Jewish background in the land of Israel up to its contribution to the thought and art of medieval Europe. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of the history, life and thought of the Early Church, with the evidence from the earliest written sources attesting to the manifestation in history of the Christian phenomenon, and explanations of the different expressions of thought and works in the Early Church, including its apocalyptic and messianic doctrines, liturgy and sacraments, monasticism, art and architecture.

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