Langbeschreibung
Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. Smither provides English readers a quality translation of an important book that captures the unique spirit of an invaluable chapter of church history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Translator's Preface; Preface to the English Translation; Geographical and Historical Background; Origins of the African Church; Tertullian: the "Master"; Mid-Third-Century Persecution and Crisis in Africa; Cyprian, the "Pope" of Carthage; Organization and Life of the Third-Century African Churches; The Donatist Schism and the Division of African Christianity; The Diverse African Religious Landscape in Late Antiquity; Augustine of Hippo and the Glory of the "Great Church"; The Final Stages of the African Church: From the Vandal invasion to the Arab Maghreb; Maps; Chronology; Bibliography; Index.