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Through deft use of available data and texts, Wagner brings the enigmatic second century to life. Selecting five fateful challenges--issues of Creation, human nature, Jesus' identities, roles of the church, and Christians in society--he shows what was at stake for emerging Christianity and how its five key players responded. Map; glossary; bibliography.Wagner, Walter H. is the author of 'After the Apostles Christianity in the Second Century' with ISBN 9780800625672 and ISBN 0800625676.
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