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>"The Spirit and the Bride"
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Publisher:
Year:
2013
Catalog number :
45-831502
ISBN:
978-965-350-128-7
Pages:
330
Language:
Weight:
660 gr.
Cover:
Paperback

"The Spirit and the Bride"

Introduction to the History of Early Christianity

Synopsis
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.