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100 1 _aDecret, François.
240 1 0 _aChristianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.
_lEnglish
245 1 0 _aEarly Christianity in North Africa /
_cFrançois Decret ; translated by Edward Smither.
260 _aEugene, Or. :
_bCascade Books,
_cc2009.
300 _axii, 228 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c23 cm.
500 _aTranslation of: Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-222) and index.
505 0 _aGeographical 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.
600 0 0 _aTertullian,
_dapproximately 160-approximately 230.
600 0 0 _aCyprian,
_cSaint, Bishop of Carthage.
600 0 0 _aAugustine,
_cSaint, Bishop of Hippo.
650 0 _aChristianity
_zAfrica, North.
650 0 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
651 0 _aAfrica, North
_xReligion.
651 0 _aAfrica, North
_xHistory
_yTo 647.
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_cBK
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_d39890