Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years by Jenkins, John Philip
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Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years by Jenkins, John Philip

Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 Years

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The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church

In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, PhilipJenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful charactersshaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today's church could beteaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as weknow it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profoundimplications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction ofRoman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another.



Author: John Philip Jenkins
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 03/08/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9780061768934
ISBN10: 0061768936
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christianity | General
- Religion | Biblical Studies | Bible Study Guides