TY  - BOOK
AU  - Foster,John
TI  - The first advance: Church history
SN  - 0281026793
U1  - 270.1 
PY  - 1972///, 1975 printing-1974
CY  - London
PB  - S.P.C.K. in association with the United Society for Christian Literature for the Theological Education Fund
KW  - Church history
KW  - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
N1  - Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Beginnings
Chapter 2 The House-Church
Chapter 3 The Church and its mission
Chapter 4 Which Scripture? Which Creed? Which Ministry?
Chapter 5 The Roman Empire: through persecution to pro-Christian Emperor
Chapter 6 First Christian Kingdom and first Christian nation
Chapter 7 Parthia/Persia: through persecution to toleration
Chapter 8 Both shores of the Red Sea
Chapter 9 Wild men of the north
Chapter 10 Doctrines that matter most
Chapter 11 The coming of the monks
Chapter 12 What Christians today owe to the Early Church
; Includes bibliographies and indexes; v. 1. The first advance, AD 29-500.--v. 2. Setback and recovery, AD 500-1500
ER  -