The Christian Survivor How Roman Christianity Defeated Its Early Com
The book puts the current interest in historical Jesus research into a proper historical context, highlighting Gnosticism’s lasting influence on early Christianity and making the provocative claim that nearly all Christian Churches are in some way descend
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The Christian Survivor How Roman Christianity Defeated Its Early Competitors
The Christian Survivor
Robert Crotty
The Christian Survivor How Roman Christianity Defeated Its Early Competitors
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Robert Crotty University of South Australia Adelaide, SA Australia
ISBN 978-981-10-3213-4 DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3214-1
ISBN 978-981-10-3214-1
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The Roman Context of Early Christianity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 The Roman Republic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Augustus, Imperator . . . . . . . .
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