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Africa and the early Church : the almost-forgotten roots of Catholic Christianity /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aquilina, Mike (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Steubenville, Ohio : Emmaus Road Publishing, 2023.
Subjects:
Africa > Church history.
Christianity > Africa.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Afrique > Histoire religieuse.
Christianisme > Afrique.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Church history > Primitive and early church
Christianity
Africa
Christendom.
30-600
Church history
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The idea of Africa
  • Part 1: Roman Africa. The roots of North African civilization
  • Christianity comes to Africa
  • The dawn of Christian Latin literature
  • St. Cyprian and the question of forgiveness
  • The last great persecution
  • The Donatist problem
  • Augustine, the proud African
  • Part 2: Alexandria and Egypt. The brainy metropolis
  • The Jewish metropolis
  • The beginning of Christianity in Egypt
  • Clement of Alexandria
  • Origen
  • Arius and the Arians
  • Athanasius against the world
  • St. Anthony and the monastic movement
  • Part 3: The Davidic Kingdom of the South. The ark of the covenant
  • The Queen of Sheba
  • The story of the Ethiopian eunuch
  • The first bishop of Ethiopia
  • The king and the prophetic rooster
  • Epilogue: The meaning of Africa for Christians today.