Why can the dead do such great things?: saints and worshippers from the martyrs to the reformation
Auteur :
Bartlett, Robert
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691169682
Date de publication :
15 sept. 2015
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
1021 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints--the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Robert Bartlett examines all of the most