Burns, J. Patout

Christianity in Roman Africa The Development of its Practices and Beliefs J. Patout Burns, Robin Margaret Jensen - U.S.A. William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. 2014 - 670tr. Hardcover, color illustrations, color maps 27cm

One of the many pleasures of this rich and rewarding volume is that it gives the reader a textured portrait of what life was like in Christian communities in the early centuries. Do you want to know how the eucharist was celebrated? Or what rituals were associated with baptism? Or how Christians were buried? Or what a church looked like from the inside? You will find answers here, all documented with literary texts and archeological data and illustrated with stunning pictures.

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Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-600
Christianity -- Africa

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