Separatist Christianity: Spirit and Matter in the Early Church Fathers

by David A. Lopez

Christians living in the Roman empire during the first four centuries after Christ struggled with the extent to which they should recognize and accept imperial authority. In the fifth century A.D., Augustine of Hippo definitively enabled Christians to support Roman power directly by showing how the purpose of the state could be consistent with the purpose of Christianity. Christians could and should submit to the rule of Roman law and live within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801879396
• ISBN13: 9780801879395
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher