Jesus wars : how four patriarchs, three queens, and two emperors decided what Christians would believe for the next 1,500 years
(2021)
Nonfiction
eAudiobook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2021
Made available through hoopla
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (1 audio file (600 min.)) : digital
ISBN/ISSN
9781705276273 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT13921866, 170527627X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 13921866
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Read by Tom Parks
The fifth-century political battles that forever changed the church. In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip Jenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful characters shaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today's church could be teaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as we know it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profound implications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction of Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another
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