The Rise of Christianity

by W. H. C. Frend

Overview

The definitive text in early church history, Frend's The Rise of Christianity offers a vast, panoramic sweep of Christianity's first six centuries, from the dust of Palestine to the court of Justinian and the parting of Eastern and Western Christianity. With many maps, chronologies, and graphics, Frend's text is an engaging story but also an immensely learned and careful work of scholarship. Elegantly written. It is a marvelous reference work. It will become the standard church history of our time for scholar and novice alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800619312
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	06/01/1984
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	1026
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.75(d)

About the Author

W. H. C. Frend, perhaps the most respected living historian of early Christianity, was Professor Emeritus of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.