The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries; Volume 2

Adolf Von Harnack

Franklin Classics Trade Press

History of Dogma; Volume 1

History

History Of Dogma; Volume 1

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries; Volume 1

History of Dogma: v. 1

Religion & Spirituality

Dover Publications. Inc.

Originally published in 1895-1903. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

History of Dogma: Volumes IV and V

Careful scholarship and insightful commentary characterize this seminal treatment of the teachings of the church lathers concerning the military question. This first English translation of the now classic work includes an introduction which reviews the research since Harnack. The first chapter deals with the use of military terms and images in the New Testament and early Christian writings, and the effects this usage had on the behavior and attitudes of the church (for example, the issue of "holy war"). The second chapter reviews the sources to determine to what extent early Christians participated in the military and what judgments the church made on participation in warfare. The work also suggests how the apocalyptic mentality may have helped to legitimate participation in military activities and provides insight into how the early church came to terms with the problem of continuing life in the world.

Militia Christi: The Christian Religion and the Military in the First Three Centuries

Fortress Press

Von Harnack was the most outstanding student of early Christianity in modern times, and one of the most persuasive exponents of Liberal Theology.

Adolf von Harnack: Liberal Theology at Its Height (Making of Modern Theology)

Christian Books & Bibles

Text: English (translation) 
Original Language: German

Marcion: The Gospel of the Alien God

Labyrinth Press

The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries, Vol. 1Dr Harnack opened the course of lectures which have been translated in this library under the title What is Christianity? with a reference to John Stuart Mill. The present work might also be introduced by a sentence from the same English thinker. In the second chapter of his essay upon "Liberty," he has occasion to speak with admiration and regret of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, confessing that his persecution of the Christians seems "one of the most tragical facts in all history." "It is a bitter thought," he adds, "how different a thing the Christianity of the world might have been, if the Christian faith had been adopted as the religion of the empire under the auspices of Marcus Aurelius instead of those of Constantine." Aurelius represents the apex of paganism during the first three centuries of our era. Chronologically, too, he stands almost equidistant between Christ and Constantine. But there were reasons why the adjustment of the empire to Christianity could not come earlier than the first quarter of the fourth century, and it is Dr Harnack's task in the present work to outline these reasons in so far as they are connected with the extension and expansion of Christianity itself. How did the new religion come to win official recognition from the state in A.D. 325? Why then? Why not till then? Such is the problem set to the historian of the Christian propaganda by the ante-Nicene period.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

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