The perspectives on the early church McKechnie, Paul 1957- creator text bibliography ilu Downers Grove, Ill InterVarsity Press c2001 2001 monographic eng

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270 p. ; 23 cm. 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." 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. Paul McKechnie. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-261) and index. Church history Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Christianity and other religions Roman Rome Religion BR 162.3 .M39 2001 270.1 0830826777 (alk. paper) 2001051564 DLC 011003 20160122103414.0 12554364