Authority and the Sacred Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World |
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| Author:
| Brown, Peter |
| Series title: | Canto Original Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-59557-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 1997 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church.
Peter Brown's fascinating study examines the factors which proved decisive and the compromises which made the emergence of the Christian 'thought world' possible: how the the old gods of the Roman Empire could be reinterpreted as symbols to further the message of the Church.