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The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine (Penguin Classics) by Eusebius Publisher Comments "Could I do better than start from the beginning of the dispensation of our Saviour and Lord, Jesus the Christ of God?" Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260–339), a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrin #01: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) by Jaroslav Ja Pelikan Publisher Comments In this five-volume opus—now available in its entirety in paperback—Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth. "Pelikan's The Christian Tradition [is] a series for which they must... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century by John Boswell Publisher Comments "Truly groundbreaking work. Boswell reveals unexplored phenomena with an unfailing erudition."—Michel Foucault John Boswell's National Book Award-winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Pensees (Penguin Classics) by Blaise Pascal Publisher Comments 'If we submit everything to reason our religion will be left with nothing mysterious or supernatural’ Blaise Pascal, the precociously brilliant contemporary of Descartes, was a gifted mathematician and physicist, but it is his unfinished apologia... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The New Foxe's Book of Martyrs (Pure Gold Classics) by John Foxe Synopsis For nearly two-thousand years, courageous men and women have been tortured and killed because of their confessions of Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This updated edition of Foxes Book of Martyrs, contains stories of persecution up to 2001. Stories of... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Christianity Through the Centuries: A History of the Christian Church by Earle E Cairns Publisher Comments The third edition of this classic textbook on church history is updated to the late twentieth century. 200,000 copies are in print through the first three printings.... (read more) List Price $32.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices by Frank Viola Synopsis Offering compelling historical evidence, the authors maintain that most of what Christians do in present-day churches is not rooted in the New Testament, but in pagan culture and rituals developed long after the death of the apostles.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Reformers Before the Reformation Principally in Germany and the Netherlands V1 by C Ullmann Synopsis In Two Volumes. Vol. I. The Need Of A Reformation In Reference To The General Spirit Of The Church And Certain Particular Abuses.... (read more) List Price $52.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Drudgery Divine by Jonathan Z. Smith Publisher Comments In this major theoretical and methodological statement on the history of religions, Jonathan Z. Smith shows how convert apologetic agendas can dictate the course of comparative religious studies. As his example, Smith reviews four centuries of... (read more) List Price $22.50 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Church of the Ancient Councils: The Disciplinary Work of the First Four Ecumenical Councils by Peter Lhuillier Publisher Comments The first four ecumenical councils defined trinitarian and christological dogma. Translates each canon into clear and readable English, exploring the historical circumstances which gave rise to them, and some of the ways they have been reinterpreted (and... (read more) Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Broken Lights & Mended Lives by Rowan A Greer Publisher Comments A discussion by a broadly respected authority of the complicated relationship between theology and ordinary life in the early church. The first section of the book scrutinizes theology with a view to understanding its bearing upon Christian... (read more) List Price $37.75 Your price: $17.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Early Christian Lives (Penguin Classics) by Carolinne White Publisher Comments These pioneering lives are central sources for the major Christian monastic figures from St. Antony, who died in 356, to St. Benedict (c. 480-c. 547). Shedding light on the men who were the founding fathers of monasticism in both the eastern and western... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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5 Minute Church Historian: Maximum Truth in Minimum Time (5 Minute) by Rick Cornish Publisher Comments Scripture tells us that God has given us “everything we need for life and godliness.” But what makes a Christian godly? In this book, Navigator author Jerry Bridges examines what it means to grow in Christian character. Learn more about the... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of Jesus by John Crossan Publisher Comments In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus' death. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, Crossan shines new light on the... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Authority and the Sacred: Aspects of the Christianisation of the Roman World (Canto Book) by Peter Brown Publisher Comments Peter Brown's illuminating study reassesses the process of the Christianisation of the Roman world.... (read more) List Price $27.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity by John Mcmanners Publisher Comments Spanning two thousand years of stirring religious, cultural and political events, this lavishly illustrated volume provides the most authoritative and accessible history of Christianity ever published for the general reader. The impact of Christianity on... (read more) List Price $55.00 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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Understanding Christianity: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places by Rosemary Drage Hale Publisher Comments Covering the beliefs common to all Christians, as well as the ones that divide them into different denominations, this is an illuminating look at the faith that began with Jesus and continues to spread his enduring message of peace and salvation.... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $3.50 Sale - Trade Paper
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Gregory Palamas : Triads (83 Edition) by John Meyendorff Publisher Comments The most in-depth and scholarly panorama of Western spirituality ever attempted!<P>In one series, the original writings of the universally acknowledged teachers of the Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish, Islamic and Native American... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Christianity (Brief Insight) by Linda Woodhead Publisher Comments A candid and wide-ranging overview of the world's largest religion, Linda Woodhead distinguishes three main types of ChristianityChurch, Biblical, and Mysticalexamining their struggles with one another and with the wider society. Steering... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $2.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Early Church by Henry Chadwick Publisher Comments Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centureis AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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