Kreider, Alan, 1941-,

The patient ferment of the early church : the improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / Alan Kreider. - xiii, 321 páginas ; 23 centímetros

Bibliografía : páginas 297-313. Indice : páginas 315-321.

Growth and patience -- The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Ferment -- Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Forming the habitus -- Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- The transformation of patience -- The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.



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Historia de la iglesia--Primitiva e iglesia primitiva, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

BR162.3 / .K74 2016

270.1 / K81