Decoding Early Christianity: Truth and Legend in the Early Church
Leslie Houlden
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Hardcover. Who was the 'real' Jesus? How much do we really know about his disciples? This book addresses such questions and shows how the early Church Fathers and Popes interpreted competing views and traditions to produce, over time, an approved and codified view of Jesus and his followers, and developed an accepted liturgy with which to worship him. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: HRCC1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482. Truth and Legend in the Early Church. 160 pages. Who was the 'real' Jesus? How much do we really know about his disciples? This book addresses such questions and shows how the early Church Fathers and Popes interpreted competing views and traditions to produce, over time, an approved and codified view of Jesus and his followers, and developed an accepted liturgy with which to worship him. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: HRCC1. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight: 482.
The extraordinary success of The Da Vinci Code has dramatically intensified interest in the mysterious origins of Christianity. But in fact there has always been huge curiosity about a wide range of contentious issues concerning Jesus and early Church history. Who was the 'real' Jesus? How much do we really know about his disciples? What is written in the 'secret' early Christian writings, such as the Gnostic Gospels? How did the Church Fathers decide which beliefs were heretical and which weren't? Who were the first Popes and how did they take control of the early Church? Decoding Early Christianity addresses ... Read more
The extraordinary success of The Da Vinci Code has dramatically intensified interest in the mysterious origins of Christianity. But in fact there has always been huge curiosity about a wide range of contentious issues concerning Jesus and early Church history. Who was the 'real' Jesus? How much do we really know about his disciples? What is written in the 'secret' early Christian writings, such as the Gnostic Gospels? How did the Church Fathers decide which beliefs were heretical and which weren't? Who were the first Popes and how did they take control of the early Church? Decoding Early Christianity addresses ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Praeger
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781846450181
SKU
V9781846450181
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About Leslie Houlden
Leslie Houlden has taught at Oxford and King's College, London and is the author of many books, chiefly on the New Testament, the use of the Bible and the best ways for us now to see the relation between Scripture and Christian faith. He is an Anglican priest and a retired professor of the University of London. Graham Gould ... Read more
Reviews for Decoding Early Christianity: Truth and Legend in the Early Church
Recommended for undergraduate academic libraries.
Library Journal
We should know the roots of our faith (those of other faiths find it strange that we do not), and this is a book that offers help to those newly awakening to the nourishing fascinations of the Early Church and its witness to Christian experience.
Church Times
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Library Journal
We should know the roots of our faith (those of other faiths find it strange that we do not), and this is a book that offers help to those newly awakening to the nourishing fascinations of the Early Church and its witness to Christian experience.
Church Times
This collection ... Read more