Christian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy /

Christian persecution, martyrdom, and orthodoxy /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	De Ste. Croix, G. E. M. (Geoffrey Ernest Maurice)
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Description:	xii, 394 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Persecution. Martyrdom -- Christianity. Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Martyrdom -- Christianity. Persecution.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6223366

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Other authors / contributors:	Whitby, Michael. Streeter, Joseph.
ISBN:	0199278121 (alk. paper) 9780199278121 (alk. paper) 9780199278121
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Table of Contents:

Abbreviations
Persecution and Martyrdom
Introduction: de Ste. Croix on Persecution
1. Aspects of the 'Great' Persecution
2. The Fourth Edict in the West and the Date of the Council of Elvira
Appendix. The Date of the Council of Elvira
3. Why were the Early Christians Persecuted?
4. Voluntary Martyrdom in the Early Church
5. Heresy, Schism, and Persecution in the Later Roman Empire
Appendix. Religious Toleration in Classical Antiquity and Early Christianity
Church Councils
Introduction
6. The Council of Chalcedon
Christianity and Property
Introduction
7. Early Christian Attitudes to Property and Slavery
Index of Passages
Index