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This
book is meant to be a practical tool for the learning and understanding of the
Christian faith in its different aspects and the expressions it took along the
first centuries. The contents of its seven chapters is as follows: the Jewish
background of Christianity; the New Testament and other written sources;
historical developments (dealing with the normative Judaism, with the Roman
government, with heretics); eschatology and the Messianic idea; the liturgy and
its theological treasures; origins and development of the monastic institution;
the architectural and artistic expression of faith.