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050	0	0	_aBR162.3 _b.K74 2016
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100	1		_aKreider, Alan, _d1941- _eauthor. _922780
245	1	4	_aThe patient ferment of the early church : _bthe improbable rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire / _cAlan Kreider.
260			_aGrand Rapids, MI.: _bBaker Academic, _cc2016
300			_axiii, 321 p ; _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 297-313) and index.
505	0		_aGrowth and patience. The improbable growth of the church -- The good of patience -- Push and pull -- Ferment. Christians as agents of growth -- Communities as cultures of patience -- Forming the habitus. Catechesis and baptism -- Worship -- "Wise doves" in the Didascalia apostolorum -- The transformation of patience. The impatience of Constantine -- Augustine and the just impatience.
520			_aHow and why did the early church grow in the first four hundred years despite disincentives, harassment, and occasional persecution? In this unique historical study, veteran scholar Alan Kreider delivers the fruit of a lifetime of study as he tells the amazing story of the spread of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Challenging traditional understandings, Kreider contends the church grew because the virtue of patience was of central importance in the life and witness of the early Christians. They wrote about patience, not evangelism, and reflected on prayer, catechesis, and worship, yet the church grew -- not by specific strategies but by patient ferment.
650		0	_aChurch history _yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
942			_2lcc _cBOOK _hBR 162.3 _i.K74 2016
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