Research Catalog

Title

Early Christianity in North Africa / François Decret ; translated by Edward Smither.

Author

Decret, François.

Publication

Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Smither, Edward L.

Description

xii, 228 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Along with the churches located in large Greek cities of the East, the church of Carthage was particularly significant in the early centuries of Christian history. Initially, the Carthaginian church became known for its martyrs. Later, the North African church became further established and unified through the regular councils of its bishops. Finally, the church gained a reputation for its outstanding leaders--Tertullian of Carthage (c. 140-220), Cyprian of Carthage (195-258), and Augustine of Hippo (354-430)--African leaders who continued to be celebrated and remembered today."--Publisher

Uniform Title

Christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne. English

Alternative Title

Christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.

Subjects

• To 647
• History
• Africa, North > History > To 647
• Africa, North > Religion > History
• Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430
• Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage
• Tertullian, approximately 160-approximately 230
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Christianity > Africa, North

Genre/Form

• History
• Church history

Note

• Translation of: Le christianisme en Afrique du Nord ancienne.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-222) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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.

ISBN

• 1556356927
• 9781556356926

OCLC

• 386708462
• SCSB-11340754

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library