Early Christianity in North Africa / François Decret ; translated by Edward Smither.
Publication details: Eugene, Or. : Cascade Books, c2009.Description: xii, 228 p. : maps ; 23 cmISBN:- 1556356927
- 9781556356926
- Christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne. English
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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.
