Early Controversies and the Growth of Christianity

This revealing history examines the controversies, maneuvering, and political wrangling that occupied the Christian Church for the first four centuries of its existence.

• Maps of Paul's journeys, of the cities that Ignatius of Antioch visited, and of the Roman and Persian Empires

• Photographs including Caravaggio's Conversion of Paul, the Chi-Rho symbol, the Arian Baptistry in Ravenna Italy, the Arch of Constantine, the Altar of Victory, and Van Dyck's Ambrose

• An overall chronology and a separate chronology for each chapter