The Early Church

by Chadwick, Henry

• ISBN13: 9780140231991
• ISBN10: 0140231994
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-10-01
• Publisher: Penguin Books

Summary

This revised and updated edition of the first volume of The Penguin History of the Church, examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries A.D., and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.

Table of Contents

1 From Jerusalem to Rome The Jewish background - The earliest Church - The Gentile Church - Encounter with the Roman Empire	9	(23)
2 Faith and Order The bonds of unity - Gnosticism - The Ministry and the Bible - Forms of the Ministry	32	(22)
3 Expansion and Growth Causes of success - The geographical extension of the Church - The defence of the Faith	54	(20)
4 Justin and Irenaeus Justin Martyr - Irenaeus	74	(10)
5 Easter, the Monarchian Controversy, and Tertullian Easter - The Monarchian Controversy - Tertullian	84	(10)
6 Clement of Alexandria and Origen Clement of Alexandria - Origen	94	(22)
7 Church, State and Society in the Third Century The pagan revival and the persecution of Decius - Cyprian - The Great Persecution and its consequences	116	(9)
8 Constantine and the Council of Nicaea	125	(8)
9 The Arian Controversy after the Council of Nicaea From Nicaea to the death of Constantine - The Church under the sons of Constantine - From Julian to Theodosius I	133	(19)
10 The Conflict of Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century	152	(8)
11 Church, State and Society from Julian to Theodosius	160	(14)
12 The Ascetic Movement	174	(10)
13 The Controversy about Origen and the Tragedy of John Chrysostom	184	(8)
14 The Problem of the Person of Christ Diodore, Theodore, and Apollinaris - Cyril and Nestorius - The `Monophysite' Council of Ephesus and the reaction at Chalcedon - The search for reconciliation - The doctrine of one will	192	(21)
15 The Development of Latin Christian Thought Jerome and the beginnings of maturity - The conversion of Augustine - The Donatist schism and the problem of coercion - `The City of God' and the Pelagian controversy - The Holy Trinity	213	(24)
16 The Papacy	237	(10)
17 The Church and the Barbarians	247	(11)
18 Worship and Art Liturgy - Daily offices - Early Church music - Christian art	258	(27)
Conclusion	285	(5)
Suggestions for Further Reading	290