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Early Christian historiography: narratives of retribution

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Early Christian historiography: narratives of retribution

London ; Oakville, CT

Equinox Pub. Ltd

Studies in religion

Originally published: London ; New York : Continuum, 2000

Includes bibliographical references )p. ]336[-344( and index

G.W. Trompf

Part 1. Bases and beginnings -- Backdrop : retributive principles in traditional societies and ancient historiography -- The first Christian historian : Luke and his two books -- Part 2. Centrepiece: the Eusebian achievement -- Towards historical triumphalism : Eusebius, Lactantius and their predecessors -- The man in the middle : Rufinus of Aquileia between East and West -- Part 3. The Byzantine East -- Church history as nonconformism : retributive and eschatological elements in Athanasius and Philostorgius -- The golden chain of Byzantinism : the Tripartite ecclesiastical histories of Socrates, Sozomen and Theodoret -- Part 4. The Latin West -- History as theodicy : Augustine's De civitate Dei -- Consolations of history under the declining Western empire : Sulpicius and Orosius

Primitive and early church, ca. 03-006 - Historiography ، Church history

Early church, ca. 03-006 - Religious aspects Christianity History of doctrines ، Retribution

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