The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology

by Brian E. Daley

Book Overview

What did early Christians believe about last things? Eschatology--religious doctrine about "last things"--is the hope of believing people that in the end the incompleteness of their present experience of God will be resolved, that loose ends will be tied up and wrongs made right. Rooted in a firm faith in Jesus crucified and risen, Christian eschatological hope has proved remarkably resilient, expecting the Lord to return very soon, and wavering little...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801045975
• ISBN13: 9780801045974
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Baker Academic
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"