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008			991018s1997 enka b 10110 eng
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035			_a(AEA)721DE26A864911D3B20900A024B58F5C
035			_a(DLSU-DASMA)BOOK12226
050			_aBR 162.2 En19 1997
100			_aFerguson, Everett _960900
245		0	_aEncyclopedia of early Christianity. / _ceditor Everett Ferguson ; associate editors Michael P. McHugh, Frederick W. Noris.
260			_aNew York : _bGarland Pub., _cc1997.
300			_av. : ill. _b26 cm.
520			_a the generally inadequate western understanding of the extent to which Christianity spread to the middle and far East also seemed to call for a broader treatment.There is also a coverage of geographical regions in the traditional western areas.
520			_aCovers persons,places,doctrines,practices,art.liturgy,heresies,and schisms with a brief definition,identification,or characterization.The biographical articles in the encyclopedia cover the person's life,writings,teachings,importance and influence.The doctrinal articles present pertinent biblical data and trace the historical development .The Regional surveys provide a sense of continuity in the early history while at the same time showing local variations in Christianity.The second edition gives attention to the eastern expansion of Christianity where there is an extension of the chronological limits of the work in order to give afuller picture ,both because the " patristic "period of eastern Christianity extends later than in other regions and because later writings often preserve otherwise lost material
650			_aChurch history -- Primitive and early church, ca 30-600 -- Encyclopedias. _960901
700			_aFerguson, Everett, _960900
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