Suffering and Glory

The Church from the Apostles to Constantine

By: Richard Chartres (Foreword by), Patrick Whitworth

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Paperback | 1 September 2018

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Patrick Whitworth tells the story of the growth of the early Christian community. Eschewing speculation, he provides a clear narrative interspersed with pithy accounts of the most significant Christian teachers in the period which culminated in the advent of the first Christian Emperor, Constantine.

It is a story that is particularly relevant at a time when Christendom is a fading memory and the Christian community is struggling to discover where the Spirit is leading in a global culture.

- Richard Chartres, Former Bishop of London

A rapid, detailed and accurate narrative, full of picturesque scenes drawn directly from contemporary witnesses to the rise of Christianity in the Roman world. Whitworth writes with admiring passion, but does not disguise the human peculiarities and frailties of the protagonists. At all times we are aware of the importance of locality, and the shifts in Christian thought and practice are seen to result from changing relations to the ambient culture, a leading cause of which was the success of the church itself.

- Mark Edwards, Professor of Early Christian Studies, University of Oxford

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Perhaps there has not been an age such as this when it has become so important to know and grasp something of the history of the Church, not least in the growth, struggles, ministry and witness of the first centuries of the early Church. Patrick Whitworth takes us on this journey in an admirably clear, accessible and thoughtful way.

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