The Rise of Normative Christianity

by Arland J. Hultgren

More than fifty years ago, Walter Bauer's 'Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity' undercut the traditional views on the making of orthodox Christianity by arguing that in several geographic areas, heresy preceded orthodoxy. Subsequently, the ancient documents discovered at Nag Hammadi proved that early Christianity was tremendously diverse. These influences have given rise to the notion that the various gnostic interpretations are mere alternatives...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592447384
• ISBN13: 9781592447381
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.6"