Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world. The author paints a portrait of the early Christians, constructed out of a mosaic of ancient sources.

Presents a historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century, and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, this title shows the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity.

Pew Edition.

Provides an introduction to Orthodox theology and teaching available to Westerners. This book brings us face to face with the profound theological differences underlying the practices of the East and West, and yet is also an important contribution to the reunion movement and the life of Christian devotion.