Bishops in Flight

by Jennifer Barry

Flight during times of persecution has a long and fraught history in early Christianity. In the third century, bishops who fled were cowards or, worse yet, heretics. On the face of it, it meant denial of Christ and thus betrayal of the faith and its community. But, by the fourth century, the terms of persecution changed as Christianity became the favored cult of the Roman Empire. Prominent Christians who fled and hence survived became founders and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1013293088
• ISBN13: 9781013293085
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.5" x 11.0"