Early Christianity in North Africa /
Decret, François.
Early Christianity in North Africa / François Decret ; translated by Edward Smither. - Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2009. - xii, 228 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Translation of: Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-222) and index.
Geographical and historical background -- Origins of the African church -- Tertullian: the "master" -- Mid-third-century persecution and crisis in Africa -- Cyprian, the "pope" of Carthage -- Organization and life of the third-century African churches -- The Donatist schism and the division of African Christianity -- The diverse African religious landscape in late antiquity -- Augustine of Hippo and the glory of the "great church" -- The final stages of the African church: from the Vandal invasion to the Arab Maghreb.
1556356927 9781556356926
Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230.
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Christianity--Africa, North.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Africa, North--Religion.
Africa, North--History--To 647.
Early Christianity in North Africa / François Decret ; translated by Edward Smither. - Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2009. - xii, 228 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Translation of: Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-222) and index.
Geographical and historical background -- Origins of the African church -- Tertullian: the "master" -- Mid-third-century persecution and crisis in Africa -- Cyprian, the "pope" of Carthage -- Organization and life of the third-century African churches -- The Donatist schism and the division of African Christianity -- The diverse African religious landscape in late antiquity -- Augustine of Hippo and the glory of the "great church" -- The final stages of the African church: from the Vandal invasion to the Arab Maghreb.
1556356927 9781556356926
Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230.
Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.
Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo.
Christianity--Africa, North.
Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Africa, North--Religion.
Africa, North--History--To 647.
