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_cDLC
_erda
_dDLC
042 _apcc
082 0 0 _a270.1
_223
100 1 _aKreider, Alan,
_d1941-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe patient ferment of the early church :
_bthe improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire /
_cAlan Kreider.
264 1 _aGrand Rapids, MI :
_bBaker Academic,
_c[2016]
300 _axiii, 321 pages ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
505 0 _aGrowth and patience -- The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Ferment -- Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Forming the habitus -- Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- The transformation of patience -- The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.
650 0 _aChurch history
_yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
942 _2lcc
_cBK