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The Triumph of Christianity : How a Forbidden Religion Swept the World
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Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
xiv, 335 pages ; 24 cm
Summary:
"[The author] shows how a religion whose first believers were twenty or so illiterate day laborers in a remote part of the empire became the official religion of Rome, converting some thirty million people in just four centuries"--Amazon.com.
Contents:
The beginning of the end: the conversion of Constantine -- Back to the beginning: the conversion and mission of Paul -- The religious world of conversion: Roman paganism -- Reasons for the Christian success -- Miraculous incentives for conversion -- The growth of the church -- Christians under assault: persecution, martyrdom, and self-defense -- The first Christian emperor -- Conversion and coercion: the beginnings of a Christian empire -- Gains and losses.
Publication Info:
New York : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Subject:
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Christianity -- Origin
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337 -- Influence.
Constantijn, de Grote, -337
Constantin, cel Mare, -337
Constantin I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantin, le Grand, -337
Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, d. 337
Constantine, Saint, -337
Constantine, the Great, -337
Constantino I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantinus Flavius Valerius Aurelius, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantinus I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Constantinus, Magnus, -337
Costantino I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Costantino, il Grande, -337
Flaviĭ Valeriĭ Avreliĭ Konstantin, Emperor of Rome, -337
Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus Augustus, Emperor of Rome, -337
Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus, Emperor of Rome, -337
Flavius Valerius Constantinus, Emperor of Rome, -337
Konstantin, den Store, -337
Konstantin, der Grosse, -337
Konstantin I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Konstantin, Veliki, -337
Konstantin, Velikiĭ, -337
Konstantin, Vulki, -337
Kōnstantinos, ho Megas, -337
Kōnstantinos I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Konstantyn, Weliký, -337
Kostandianos I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Κωνσταντίνος, ο Μέγας, -337
Флавий Валерий Аврелий Константин, Emperor of Rome, -337
Константин I, Emperor of Rome, -337
Константин, Великий, -337
Константин, Велики, -337
Flavije Valerije Konstantin Emperor of Rome, -337
Apostolic Church
Catholic Church -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Christianity -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Church, Apostolic
Church history -- Early church, ca. 30-600
Early Christianity
Early church
Primitive and early church
Primitive Christianity
Rome -- Church history
SAILS ISBN:
9781501136702