The Sword and the Cross
Throughout the early centuries of Christianity, the Roman government continually tried to suppress the new religion. Ultimately it failed, but only after a long period of struggle, misunderstanding, and persecution. Grant has placed this clash between government and Christianity in the context of the entire history of the policy of Roman rulers concerning religion.Tracing the government's attitude toward foreign religions from the early days of the republic on through the empire, Grant shows how Rome tried to preserve its religious and cultural traditions from all external influences. Thus, there was a long series of legal and judicial preced…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-72522-412-4
- EAN: 9781725224124
- Produktnummer: 34670024
- Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 144 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'582 KB
Über den Autor
Robert M. Grant is Carl Darling Buck Professor Emeritus, Department of New Testament & Early Christian Literature and Divinity School, University of Chicago. He is the author of numerous works on early Christianity, including Paul in the Roman World, A Short History of the Interpretation of the Bible, Gnosticism and Early Christianity, The Early Christian Doctrine of God, and Augustus to Constantine.
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