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The Rise of Christianity is a fabulous reference work which covers vast topics in the area of early church history including Jewish origins, initial expansions, opposing cults, persecution, inner division, and many others. It discusses everything from Jews and Christians to Christianity and the Roman Empire to Constantine and Chalcedon to Justinian and the Byzantine Achievement. Covers roughly the first six centuries AD. Includes endnotes, bibliography, and index. W.H.C. Frend is Emeritus Professor of Ecclesiastical History, University of Glasgow, Scotland.
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