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After the apostles : Christianity in the second century / Walter H. Wagner.

By: Wagner, Walter H, 1935-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : Fortress Press, [1994]Copyright date: ©1994Description: xv, 287 pages : map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0800625676 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600DDC classification: 270.1 LOC classification: BR166 | .W33 1994Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and indexes.
Contents:
Pt. 1. Kingdom and empire : Christian expectations and frustrations -- Jews and Christians -- Imperial visions and realities -- Greco-Roman dilemmas. Pt. 2. Challenges for Christians : The first challenge: creator and creation -- The second challenge: human nature and destiny -- The third challenge: identities for Jesus -- The fourth challenge: the church's place -- The fifth challenge: Christians and society. Pt. 3. Five leaders respond : Ignatius of Antioch -- Justin Martyr -- Clement of Alexandria -- Tertullian -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Assessments.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-279) and indexes.

Pt. 1. Kingdom and empire : Christian expectations and frustrations -- Jews and Christians -- Imperial visions and realities -- Greco-Roman dilemmas. Pt. 2. Challenges for Christians : The first challenge: creator and creation -- The second challenge: human nature and destiny -- The third challenge: identities for Jesus -- The fourth challenge: the church's place -- The fifth challenge: Christians and society. Pt. 3. Five leaders respond : Ignatius of Antioch -- Justin Martyr -- Clement of Alexandria -- Tertullian -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Assessments.

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