Author : John Philip Jenkins
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780061768934
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (689 download)
Book Synopsis Jesus Wars by : John Philip Jenkins
Download or read book Jesus Wars written by John Philip Jenkins and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip Jenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful characters shaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today’s church could be teaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as we know it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profound implications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction of Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another.