Eusebius and empire: constructing church and rome in the ecclesiastical history
Auteur :
Corke-Webster, James
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108474078
Date de publication :
10 janv. 2019
Dimensions :
23,5 x 16,0 x 2,2 cm
Poids :
640 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Argues that our main narrative source for early Christianity, the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea, is not simply a record of Christian experience in the first three centuries but a sophisticated mission statement that uses Christianity's past to mould a new vision of the church for Eusebius' fourth-century context.