{"product_id":"early-church-chadwick-9780140205022","title":"The Early Church by Henry Chadwick","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Story of Emergent Christianity from the Apostolic Age to the Foundation of the Church of Rome\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eby Henry Chadwick\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pelican History of the Church-1: The Early Church\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChadwickʹs \u003cem\u003eThe Early Church \u003c\/em\u003ecovers, as the book cover suggests, \"the story of emergent Christianity from the apostolic age to the dividing of the ways between the Greek East and the Latin West.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story unfolds with the \u003cstrong\u003eJewish and Roman background \u003c\/strong\u003ewithin which the beginning church was nourished. It then goes on to show how important it is for the church to establish order and unity amidst threats of persecution and heresy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eemergence of apologists \u003c\/strong\u003ehelps not only the \u003cstrong\u003eexpansion of the church \u003c\/strong\u003ebut also the construction of Christian doctrine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, controversies abound as the church encountered many different cultural and sociological challenges while trying out in reaction a variety of ideas. With chapter seven, the relation between church and state changes, resulting in a stronger influence of the state upon the church while accelerating the \u003cstrong\u003esplit between the Latin West and the Greek East.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe\u003cstrong\u003e Arian controversy\u003c\/strong\u003e shows a period of instability between state and church and also deepens the split of East and West.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut within the turmoil, ascetic practice, papacy, liturgy, and art are established, helping to transmit a common European culture while the \u003cstrong\u003eRoman Empire begins to degenerate.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48523374821691,"sku":"0140205020","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780140205022.jpg?v=1737011638","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/early-church-chadwick-9780140205022","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}