The Church in ancient society from Galilee to Gregory the Great / Henry Chadwick.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [694]-713) and index.

Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. The First Followers of Jesus; 2. The Jewish Matrix; 3. Jews and Christians Survive Rome's Crushing of Revolts; 4. The Hebrew Scriptures in the Church; 5. Interpreting Scripture: Philo and Paul; 6. Apostles and Evangelists; 7. Women among Jesus' Followers; 8. 'Barnabas', Jewish Christianity, Trouble at Corinth; 9. Ignatius of Antioch; 10. Didache; 11. Marcion; 12. Justin; 13. Irenaeus of Lyon; 14. The New Testament Text; 15. Celsus: A Platonist Attack; 16. Montanism: Perpetua; 17. Tertullian, Minucius Felix; 18. Clement of Alexandria.19. Julius Africanus20. Hippolytus and Liturgy; 21. Origen; 22. Cyprian of Carthage; 23. Dionysius of Alexandria; 24. Paul of Samosata; 25. Mani; 26. Plotinus, Porphyry; 27. Diocletian and the Great Persecution; Rise of Constantine; 28. Constantine: Lactantius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Arius, and The Council of Nicaea; 29. The Seeds of Reaction; 30. The Church at Prayer; 31. Athanasius, Marcellus, and the Gathering Storm; 32. A Fiasco at Serdica; 33. Religious Division: A Note on Intolerance; 34. Athanasius' Return: A Wind of Change; 35. Constantius' Double Council of Unity. 36. Julian and the Church37. Damasus, Siricius, Papal Authority, Synesius of Cyrene; 38. Basil of Caesarea (Cappadocia); 39. Ambrose; 40. Ambrosiaster; 41. Donatism; 42. Monks: The Ascetic Life; 43. Messalians: The Macarian Homilies; 44. Schism at Antioch: The Council of Constantinople (381); 45. Jerome and Rufinus: Controversy about Origen; 46. Pelagius, Caelestius, and the Roman See in Gaul and North Africa; 47. Julian of Eclanum: Augustine's Critics in Gaul and North Africa; 48. Augustine; 49. John Chrysostom; 50. Innocent I and John Chrysostom's Honour: Alaric and the Fall of Rome. 51. The Christological Debate, I: To the First Council of Ephesus (431)52. The Christological Debate, II: From Reunion (433) to a Breakdown of Unity (449); 53. The Christological Debate, III: From the Second Council of Ephesus (449) to Chalcedon (451); 54. The Aftermath of the Council of Chalcedon: Zeno's Henotikon; 55. Justinian: Origen and the 'Three Chapters'; 56. The Ancient Oriental Churches; 57. The Church and the Barbarian Invasions in the West: Salvian, Sidonius, Caesarius; 58. Pope Gregory the Great (590-604); 59. Worship after Constantine; 60. Pilgrims; 61. Penance; Further Reading. Dates of Roman EmperorsList of Bishops of Rome, Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Jerusalem; Index.

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The Church in Ancient Society provides a full narrative history of the first six centuries of the Christian Church.

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