LEADER 02627oam 2200421 450 001 9910826492903321 005 20240207230626.0 010 $a1-4674-4037-X 035 $a(OCoLC)1041564195 035 $a(MiFhGG)GVRL00U6 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001084708 100 $a20131210d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurun#---uuuua 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aChristianity in Roman Africa $ethe development of its practices and beliefs /$fJ. Patout Burns, Jr. & Robin M. Jensen ; in collaboration with Graeme W. Clarke [and three others] 210 1$aGrand Rapids, Michigan :$cWilliam B. Eerdmans Publishing Company,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (liii, 670 pages, 64 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations (some color), plans 225 0 $aGale eBooks 311 $a0-8028-6931-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $a1. Christianity in North Africa to Diocletian -- 2. The Christian imperial period : Diocletian to the Vandals -- 3. Fifth-century conflicts : Vandal Arians and African Nicenes -- 4. Survey of the archeological evidence for Christian practice -- 5. Becoming a Christian : The ritual of baptism -- 6. Living in peace : the celebration of word and eucharist -- 7. Keeping the church pure : excluding and readmitting sinners -- 8. Leadership : the clergy and the sacrament of orders -- 9. Forms of Christian life : marriage, virginity, and widowhood -- 10. The ending of Christian life : death and burial -- 11. Honoring the victorious heroes : the cult of the martyrs -- 12. Pious practices of Christian living -- 13. The church and its holiness. 330 $aThis book, using a combination of literary and archaeological evidence, documents the evolution of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa contemporary Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco from the second century through the Arab conquest in the seventh century. The development of key rituals and practices such as baptism and eucharist, the election and ordination of leaders, marriage, and burial are also examined. 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 607 $aAfrica$xChurch history 615 0$aChurch history 676 $a276.101 700 $aBurns$b J. Patout$01694751 702 $aJensen$b Robin Margaret$f1952- 702 $aClarke$b G. W$g(Graeme Wilber),$f1934-2023, 801 0$bMiFhGG 801 1$bMiFhGG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826492903321 996 $aChristianity in Roman Africa$94073488 997 $aUNINA