The Donatist church in an apocalyptic age /

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"The Donatist Church in an Apocalyptic Age examines an apocalypse that never happened, seen through the eyes of a dissident church that no longer exists. Jesse A. Hoover considers Donatists, members of an ecclesiastical communion that for a brief moment formed the majority church in Roman North...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: HOOVER, JESSE A. (Author), Hoover, Jesse A (Author), Hoover, Jesse A. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : 2018
Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY: 2018
Edition:First edition
Series:Oxford early Christian studies
Oxford early Christian studies
Subjects:
30-600
Church history > 4th century
Donatists
Eschatology > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600
Donatistes
Église > Histoire > 4e siècle
Church history
Eschatology > History of doctrines > Early church
Africa, North > Church history
Afrique du Nord > Histoire religieuse
North Africa
Rome > Civilization > Christian influences
Table of Contents:
  • The apocalypse that never was : external impressions of Donatist eschatology
  • "The world has grown old" : the roots of Donatist eschatology
  • "Woe to you, world, for you are perishing!" Early Donatists at the end of the age
  • "God will come from the Afric" : mainstrean Donatism and remnamt theology
  • "As we have already seen in Africa" : the Tyconian alternative
  • "His name means 'Ever-increasing'" : Donatist eschatology after 411
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Was Commodian a Donatist?
  • Appendix B: Were the Circumcellions a Millenarian Movement?
  • The apocalypse that never was : external impressions of Donatist eschatology
  • "The world has grown old" : the roots of Donatist eschatology
  • "Woe to you, world, for you are perishing!" Early Donatists at the end of the age
  • "God will come from the Afric" : mainstrean Donatism and remnamt theology
  • "As we have already seen in Africa" : the Tyconian alternative
  • "His name means 'Ever-increasing'" : Donatist eschatology after 411
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Was Commodian a Donatist?
  • Appendix B: Were the Circumcellions a Millenarian Movement?
  • 1 The Apocalypse that Never Was: External Impressions of Donatist Eschatology p. 25
  • 2 "The World has Grown Old": The Roots of Donatist Eschatology p. 65
  • 3 "Woe to You, World, for You are Perishing!" Early Donatists at the End of the Age p. 98
  • 4 "God Will Come from the Afric": Mainstream Donatism and Remnant Theology p. 116
  • 5 "As We Have Already Seen in Africa": The Tyconian Alternative p. 161
  • 6 "His Name Means 'Ever-Increasing'": Donatist Eschatology after 411 p. 182

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