02257cam a22003494a 4500 12554364 AUA.1 20160122103414.0 011003s2001 ilu b 001 0 eng 2001051564 0830826777 (alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC pcc BR 162.3 .M39 2001 270.1 21 McKechnie, Paul, 1957- 4382 The first Christian centuries : perspectives on the early church / Paul McKechnie. Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2001. 270 p. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index. Contents: Introduction : Christians from a distant perspective -- First-century Christianity : the source debate -- First-generation Christianity -- Initial growth, incipient persecution -- The second Christian generation -- Second- and third-century Christianity : another source debate -- Persecution and anti-Christian polemic -- An enclave : Caesar's palace -- Gnosticism and Christian diversity -- Women and Christianity -- The great persecution and Constantine. Summary: "The value of this study lies not in providing a comprehensive narrative of the origins and growth of the early church. It lies in critically examining key historical issues in sustained conversation with contemporary scholarship and the ancient sources. McKechnie will be valued by both students and scholars of early Christianity as an intelligent and informed companion who offers repeated and valuable insights into this critical era of Christian beginnings." Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. 4383 Christianity and other religions Roman. 4384 Rome Religion. 4385 7 cbc orignew 1 ocip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK 1229 1229 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2011-10-03 Bought by JTL 10.00 AUA001433 4 BR 162.3 .M39 2001 AUA001433 2019-03-05 00:00:00 2019-03-04 10.00 2011-10-03 BOOK