Name/Title
The Donatist Church by W.H.C. Frend.Description
The problem of Donatism : origins of the schism -- Carthage and Numidia -- Town and country in Roman Africa -- The geographical distribution of Donatism -- North Africa in the Fourth Century A.D. -- The religious background of Donatism : the decline of paganism -- The expansion of Christianity in North Africa -- Factors relating to the conversion of North Africa to Christianity -- African church divisions in the time of Tertullian -- The African Church in the time of Cyprian -- Constantine and the Donatist Church -- The consolidation of Donatism -- The age of Parmenian -- The rule of Optatus and Gildo -- St. Augustine and the Donatists -- The eclipse of Donatism -- The Conference of Carthage -- The aftermath of the Conference -- The last phase : Donatism in Vandal and Byzantine Africa -- Two churches, two cities.
xvi, 360 p. :maps :23 cm.Book Details
Author
Frend, W. H. C.Place Published
City
Oxford :Clarendon Press ;New YorkDate Published
2000Publication Subjects
Donatists.Call No.
BT1370 .F7ISBN
0198264089 (alk. paper), 9780198264088 (alk. paper)LCCN
2001266316Notes
Bibliography Note: Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-351) and index.