The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire /

How and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in...

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Main Author:	Kreider, Alan, 1941- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Grand Rapids, MI : Baker Academic, [2016]
Subjects:	Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Church history > Primitive and early church. 30-600