Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
1 Beginning in Jerusalem 6
2 Ephesus, Rome, and Edessa: The Spread of Christianity 17
3 The Making of a Christian Community 28
4 Divisions Within 37
5 Constructing a Catacomb 47
6 A Learned Faith: Origen of Alexandria 55
7 Persecution: Cyprian of Carthage 65
8 A Christian Emperor: Constantine 75
9 The Council of Nicaea and the Christian Creed 88
10 Monasticism 99
11 A Christian Jerusalem 109
12 Emperor Julian, the Jews, and Christians 118
13 Bishop and Emperor: Ambrose and Theodosius 127
14 Architecture and Art 136
15 Music and Worship 145
16 The Sick, the Aged, and the Poor: The Birth of Hospitals 154
17 The Bishop of Rome as Pope 163
18 An Ordered Christian Society: Canon Law 174
19 Augustine of Hippo 183
20 The Great Controversy over Christ 195
21 Egypt and the Copts; Nubia 205
22 African Zion: Ethiopia 214
23 Syriac-Speaking Christians: The Church of the East 222
24 Armenia and Georgia 229
25 Central Asia, China, and India 238
26 A Christian Empire: Justinian 246
27 New Beginnings in the West 257
28 Latin Christianity Spreads North 269
29 The Sacking of Jerusalem; More Controversy over Christ 279
30 No God but God: The Rise of Islam 288
31 Images and the Making of Byzantium 297
32 Arabic-Speaking Christians 307
33 Christians Under Islam: Egypt and North Africa 316
34 Christians Under Islam: Spain 324
35 An Emperor in the West: Charlemagne 333
36 Christianity Among the Slavs 344
Afterword 355
Chronology and Maps 361
Suggested Readings 373
Translations 377
Index 381