Jenkins, Philip,

Jesus wars : how four patriarchs, three queens, and two emperors decided what Christians would believe for the next 1,500 years / Philip Jenkins - 328 pages ; 24 cm

Contents:
Acknowledgments --
Introduction: Who Do You Say That I Am? --
Terms and Definitions --
Maps --

1 The Heart of the Matter --

Part One: God and Caesar --
2 The War of Two Natures --
3 Four Horsemen: The Church's Patriarchs --
4 Queens, Generals, and Emperors --
Part Two: Councils of Chaos --
5 Not the Mother of God? --
6 The Death of God --
7 Chalcedon --

Part Three: A World to Lose --
8 How the Church Lost Half the World --
9 What Was Saved --

Appendix: The Main Figures in the Story --
Notes
Index

9780281063338

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Jesus Christ--Divinity


Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Christianity--Early church, ca. 30-600
Councils and synods

BR 165 / J418 2010