TY - BOOK AU - Foster,John TI - The first advance: AD 29-500 T2 - TEF Study Guide 5 SN - 9711006545 AV - BR 165 F814 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - Quezon City, Philippines PB - New Day Publishers KW - CHURCH HISTORY KW - PRIMITIVE AND EARLY CHURCH, Ca. 30-600 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Beginnings -- The house-church -- The church and its mission -- Which scriptures? which creed? Which ministry? -- The Roman empire: through persecution to pro-Christian emperor -- First Christian nation -- Parthia/Persia: through persecution to toleration -- Both shores of the Red sea -- Wild peoples of the north -- Doctrines that matter most -- The coming of the monks -- what Christians today owe to the early church ER -