Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine

by J.E. Merdinger

Book Overview

This groundbreaking book examines the vibrant North African Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries and its relationship to Rome. Merdinger provides a lively account of cases of canon law that arose in Africa but were adjudicated in Rome-including the notorious Apiarius affair-and shows how African Christians gradually became dependent on the papacy for enforcement of church discipline. "A tour de force. Engagingly readable, full of lively details,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300105282
• ISBN13: 9780300105285
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"