The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages

From: Interpretation | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

The Early Church: Origins to the Dawn of the Middle Ages, by E. Glenn Hinson. Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1996. 365 pp. $15.95 (paper). ISBN 0-687-00603-1.

FOR THREE DECADES Henry Chadwick's The Early Church has served as the standard work for those seeking a concise yet comprehensive introduction to the first centuries of the history of the church. Hinson has provided a worthy successor to Chadwick's volume. Hinson has taken on the task of exposing the dynamics of the remarkable development and expansion of the church in its first six hundred years. The task is formidable, requiring not only ...

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