Table of Contents. Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction PART 1: JEWS AND CHRISTIANS

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1 Table of Contents Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction PART 1: JEWS AND CHRISTIANS 1. The Jewish Background From 587 to 140 B.C. Palestine in the Last Century B.C. Sects and Parties The Dispersion 2. Jesus of Nazareth Baptism Temptations Jesus and John The Galilean Mission A.D Martyr Prophet On to Jerusalem The Last Phase 3. Paul and the First Expansion The Jerusalem Community The Emergence of Paul The Mission The Opposition The Pauline Christ The New Religion and Society Paul and James The Pauline Ministry The Liturgy Baptism and Eucharist Relations with the Authorities The Neronian Persecution A.D The Christian Synagogue The New Israel and the Old The Christian Mission The Church and Society Sound Doctrine and Its Opponents The Christian Ministry The Liturgy Differing Interpretations The Christians and the Empire

2 5. Opposition Cult The Roman Empire in the Second Century The Opposition Christian Advance 6. Acute Hellenization The Gnostic Movement Reasons for the Success of Gnosticism The Alexandrian Gnostic Teachers The Gnostic Legacy Marcion Later Developments 7. The Emergence of Orthodoxy The Apologists Irenaeus Emergent Orthodoxy Threats to Unity Conclusion PART 2: CHRISTIANITY AND THE ROMAN EMPIRE 8. Out of the Shadows The Severan Dynasty Christianity's Rivals Orthodoxy Revival of Mission Pagan Reaction The Return of Peace 9. Struggle and Advance Christian Progress Manicheism The Decian Persecution Valerian 10. The Third Century: The Western Churches Latin Christianity 11. The Third Century: Christian Platonism of Alexandria and Its Opponents Christian Platonists 12. Church and People in the Third Century Authority and Church Order Bishops and Clergy The Seniores The People

3 Art, Literature, and Ethics Rural Christianity and the First Monks 13. The Age of Diocletian The Pagan Front The Advance of Christianity Diocletian and the Great Persecution 14. The Constantinian Revolution Tetrarchy and Dynasty The Propaganda War The Hinge of Fate From Milan to Chrysopolis The Donatists: Pandora's Box Arius Council of Nicaea Constantinople: Nova Roma PART 3: FROM CONSTANTINE TO CHALCEDON 15. Toward Byzantinism Constantine and Athanasius The Council of Sardica 342/43 The Search for Equilibrium Constantius as Sole Emperor Constantius and the Quest for a Unifying Creed 16. From Pagan to Christian Society The New Synthesis The Process of Christianization Christianity and the Countryside 17. Hero of a Lost Cause: The Emperor Julian The Early Years The Successful General The Failed Revolution 18. New Perspective in West and East The West The East 19. The North African Dimension The Donatists Augustine Pelagius and Pelagianism 20. Christianity and Barbarism: The West The End of the Pagan Ideal

4 Claudian Prudentius Priscillian Paulinus Jerome Honoratus John Cassian The Church and the Internal Crisis of the Empire 21. The Road to Chalcedon The Survival of the East Roman Provinces John Chrysostom at Constantinople Nestorius and Cyril The Formula of Reunion 433 The Interlude Dioscorus and Eutyches Chalcedon PART 4: THE PARTING OF THE WAYS 22. The Catholic Recovery in the West Britain North Africa Under the Vandals Gaul Italy The Acacian Schism and Its Aftermath The Decline of the Ostrogothic Kingdom 23. Justinian and the Byzantine Achievement Justinian's Renewal (Renovatio) The Reoccupation of North Africa Byzantine Art and Architecture The Emergence of the Monophysite Church The Emergence of Neo-Chalcedonianism The Three Chapters The Failure of the Reconquista "And East is East..." Rome and Constantinople Chalcedonians and Monophysites The Celtic Irruption St. Benedict and Monasticism Pope Gregory I Epilogue General Bibliography Appendixes

5 Synopsis of Events Maps Names Index Subject Index