Church, Book, and Bishop

Conflict and Authority in Early Latin Christianity

• Author(s): Peter Iver Kaufman,
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 180
• ISBN_10: 0367314983
  ISBN_13: 9780367314989
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / General , Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Christian Church / Administration , Religion / Christianity / History , Religion / Christian Theology / Ecclesiology , Religion / Christian Church / General , Religion / Religious Intolerance, Persecution & Conflict ,

Description:... Christianity took root and grew within a far-flung empire under complicated and widely varying sets of influences. Under these conditions, the problem of establishing doctrinal and institutional coherence and consistency was acute. In this engaging and authoritative book, Peter Kaufman tells a number of stories from the early clerical history of th