Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire: Prolegomena to a History of Early Christian Theology

by Christoph Markschies and Chair of Ancient Christianity and Vice President Christoph Markschies

Tension between unity and diversity plagues any attempt to recount the development of earliest Christianity. Explanations run the gamut--from asserting the presence of a fully formed and accepted unity at the beginning of Christianity to the hypothesis that understands orthodox unity as a later imposition upon Christianity by Rome. In Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire, Christoph Markschies seeks to unravel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481304011
• ISBN13: 9781481304016
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher