Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centureis AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.
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1 From Jerusalem to Rome The Jewish background - The earliest Church - The Gentile Church - Encounter with the Roman Empire |
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9 | (23) |
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2 Faith and Order The bonds of unity - Gnosticism - The Ministry and the Bible - Forms of the Ministry |
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32 | (22) |
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3 Expansion and Growth Causes of success - The geographical extension of the Church - The defence of the Faith |
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54 | (20) |
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4 Justin and Irenaeus Justin Martyr - Irenaeus |
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74 | (10) |
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5 Easter, the Monarchian Controversy, and Tertullian Easter - The Monarchian Controversy - Tertullian |
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84 | (10) |
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6 Clement of Alexandria and Origen Clement of Alexandria - Origen |
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94 | (22) |
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7 Church, State and Society in the Third Century The pagan revival and the persecution of Decius - Cyprian - The Great Persecution and its consequences |
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116 | (9) |
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8 Constantine and the Council of Nicaea |
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125 | (8) |
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9 The Arian Controversy after the Council of Nicaea From Nicaea to the death of Constantine - The Church under the sons of Constantine - From Julian to Theodosius I |
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133 | (19) |
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10 The Conflict of Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century |
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152 | (8) |
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11 Church, State and Society from Julian to Theodosius |
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160 | (14) |
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174 | (10) |
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13 The Controversy about Origen and the Tragedy of John Chrysostom |
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184 | (8) |
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14 The Problem of the Person of Christ Diodore, Theodore, and Apollinaris - Cyril and Nestorius - The `Monophysite' Council of Ephesus and the reaction at Chalcedon - The search for reconciliation - The doctrine of one will |
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192 | (21) |
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15 The Development of Latin Christian Thought Jerome and the beginnings of maturity - The conversion of Augustine - The Donatist schism and the problem of coercion - `The City of God' and the Pelagian controversy - The Holy Trinity |
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213 | (24) |
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237 | (10) |
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17 The Church and the Barbarians |
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247 | (11) |
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18 Worship and Art Liturgy - Daily offices - Early Church music - Christian art |
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258 | (27) |
| Conclusion |
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285 | (5) |
| Suggestions for Further Reading |
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Reverend Henry Chadwick is a former Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and has been a Regius Professor at both Oxford and Cambridge. He is also an ordained Anglican priest.
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