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The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries : Essays in Explanation / Essays in Explanation edited by William V. Harris. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition ; 27 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition ; 27. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries: Essays in Explanation attempts to show how contemporary historical scholarship, or rather a selection of its exponents, views the perennial question why a new religion, indeed a new kind of religion, succeeded in subverting the other religions of the Roman Empire in the first three centuries and in the generations immediately following the 'conversion' of the usurper Constantine in 312.

ISBN: 9789047427476 9789004147171

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047427476 DOI

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christian sociology--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

LC Class. No.: BR166

Dewey Class. No.: 270.1