1st Edition

History & Literature Of Christ

By Pierre De Labriolle Copyright 2006
    580 Pages
    by Routledge

    580 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2007. This seminal work on the influence of Early Christian literature upon European thought and culture, was written by the unrivalled expert in the field, who devoted twelve years to its preparation. When it was published in 1924 it was the first substantial study of the subject, and remains an authority in the field.

    Introduction; Part 1 The Sources of Origin; Chapter 1 The First Latin Versions of the Bible; Chapter 2 The First Christian Writers in the Latin Tongue; Part 2 The IIIrd Century; Chapter 3 The Octavius of Minucius Felix; Chapter 4 Saint Cyprian and his Times; Chapter 5 Novatian—Commodian; Chapter 6 The Eve of the Peace of the Church; Part 3 The Golden Age of Latin Christian Literature; Chapter 7 The Morrow of the Victory; Chapter 8 St Ambrose, Bishop and Diplomat; Chapter 9 Theologians of the Second Order; Chapter 10 Christian Poetry in the IVth Century; Chapter 11 St Jerome and his Times; Part 4 The Break up of the Empire; Chapter 12 Saint Augustine and Augustinianism; Chapter 13 The Church and the Barbarians—Orosius—Salvianus—Leo the Great—Victor of Vita; Chapter 14 Christian Latin Poetry in the Vth Century; Part 5 On the Threshold of the Middle Ages; Chapter 15 Works in Verse; Chapter 16 Works in Prose;

    Biography

    Pierre De Labriolle