{"product_id":"christianity-in-ancient-rome-bernard-green-9780567032508","title":"Christianity in Ancient Rome: The First Three Centuries","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe reader is taken from the very first generation of Christians in Rome, a tiny group of Jews who acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah, down to the point when Christianity had triumphed over savage persecution and was on the verge of becoming the religion of the Roman Empire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRome was by far the biggest city in the Roman world and this had a profound effect on the way Christianity developed there. It became separate from Judaism at a very early date. The Roman Christians were the first to suffer savage persecution at the hands of Nero. Rome saw the greatest theological movements of the second century thrashing out the core doctrines of the Christian faith. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe emergence of the papacy and the building of the catacombs gave the Roman Church extraordinary influence and prestige in the third century, another time of cruel persecution. And it was in Rome that Constantine's patronage of the Christian faith was most evident as he built great basilicas and elevated the personal status of the Pope.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernard Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567032507\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567032508\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.10h x 9.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010","brand":"Bernard Green","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981030195455,"sku":"9780567032508","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fd373a3e-9fe1-47c1-a398-2304599b3e0d.jpg?v=1683253278","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/christianity-in-ancient-rome-bernard-green-9780567032508","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}