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A Manual of Patrology, Being a Concise Account of the Chief Persons, Sects, Orders Etc (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Wallace Nelson Stearns

 
9781331772767: A Manual of Patrology, Being a Concise Account of the Chief Persons, Sects, Orders Etc (Classic Reprint)

Synopsis

A concise, portable guide to early Christian writers and movements

This manual provides brief accounts of the chief ecclesiastical writers up to the Reformation, with notes on where to find fuller information. It also includes key sects, usages, and bodies of literature that commonly appear in early Christian study.


Designed for practical use, it aims to help students and general readers grasp the people, ideas, and documents that shaped Christian history in its first three centuries and beyond.



  • Short, accessible portraits of major patristic figures and writers

  • Introductions to important sects, practices, and liturgical topics

  • Guidance to further reading with selective bibliographic references

  • Consideration of recent discoveries and how they affect modern understanding


Ideal for readers seeking a reliable, compact primer on patristic history and its scholarly resources.

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