Where Is the Church?: Martyrdom, Persecution, and Baptism in by Ronald D. Burris,J Rebecca Lyman PDF

By Ronald D. Burris,J Rebecca Lyman

Where Is the Church? Martrydom, Persecution, and Baptism in North Africa is an summary of North African Christianity from the second one to the 5th century. starting with the African martyrs, Ronald D. Burris investigates the belief of ways "church" used to be outlined in North African Christianity during the realizing of water baptism, martyrdom (baptism in blood), and key theological strategies akin to origo or conscientia. as well as baptism and ecclesiology, this paintings investigates the social, political, and monetary matters that have been germane to the shaping, hardening, and eventual condemnation of these ideals as expressed via the North African Christians, known as the Donatists. Morevoer, this paintings seeks to provide an explanation for why such a lot of North African Christians have been attracted to that team. They have been attracted to the Donatists as the latter extra heavily represented the culture of the early African martyrs, Tertullian, and their cherished hero and martyr, Saint Cyprian.

"Remembered because the 'Donatists,' the century-long rivals of Constantine after which Augustine, the North Africans constructed a wealthy theology of neighborhood, Holy Spirit, and martyrdom. Unimpressed through the expansion of the imperial church lower than the patronage of the emperor, those Christians struggled to stay devoted to their very own old culture and lifestyles solid in clash with Roman strength. Dr. Burris units out for us in sympathetic aspect their struggles, their wealthy theology, and their lives. accordingly we will be able to greater comprehend the authenticity of assorted varieties of Christianity and the Church not just some time past, yet in our current day."
--J. Rebecca Lyman
Professor Emerita of History
Church Divinity institution of the Pacific

Ronald D. Burris is an affiliate Professor of Church heritage on the American Baptist Seminary of the West in Berkeley, California. Dr. Burris' scholarly pursuits contain the key African Fathers, resembling Tertullian, Cyprian, and St. Augustine; the theology and background of the Donatist Church in North Africa; and the heritage and theology of the 1st 4 ecumenical councils.

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