The Church of Apostles and Martyrs: Volume 2 (The History of the Church of Christ)

The Church of Apostles and Martyrs is the first installment in Henri Daniel-Rops’ magnificent and enormously popular History of the Church of Christ. This volume includes chapters seven through twelve of that work, continuing the survey of the fertilizing effects of the martyrs on the early Church, followed by examinations of the emergence of the Church as a social power; the age of Constantine; the advent of heresy and defense of orthodoxy; and the triumph of the Cross as Christianity becomes the official religion of the Roman Empire.
An immersion into the infancy of the Church, The Church of Apostles and Martyrs offers an outstanding overview of the spread of the Gospel and the way of life of the first Christians in their original witness to the Good News. Indeed, what Daniel-Rops writes in reference to the Acts of the Apostles and its author might well be applied to himself and The Church of Apostles and Martyrs: “This book was not written with any intention of satisfying the curiosity of the future historian, but simply in order to exalt the faith. And yet, within the limits which it voluntarily sets itself, what an incomparable witness it is! No one who reads it can remain unmoved by it.”