Ante Pacem (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780881466843)

Early Christianity emerged from obscurity to dominate the Roman world: that story, told and retold, continues to fascinate historians and believers. From literary remains scholars have fashioned a reasonably coherent portrait of Christian leaders and their teachings, their controversies, and their struggles with the imperial power. Before the publication of ANTE PACEM there was no introduction or sourcebook for early Christian archaeology available in English. With this book Snyder has performed an incalculable service for students of early Christianity and the world of late antiquity. He analyzes in one lavishly illustrated volume every piece of evidence that can, with some degree of assurance, be dated before the triumph of the emperor Constantine at the Milvian Bridge in 312CE thrust the nascent Christian culture into a universal role as the formal religious expression of the Roman Empire.

Author: Graydon F. Snyder
ISBN-10: 0881466840
ISBN-13: 9780881466843
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2018
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d