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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Prof. W.H.C. Frend's "Rise of Christianity:" Outline & Wiki-Bio


Frend, W.H.C. The Rise of Christianity. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

When catechetized in the Reformed faith, e.g. the Westminster Confession of Faith, learning is a corollary concern in life; it’s logical and natural to life in the Triune God who creates, sustains and preserves knowledge: Semper Fidelis et Sola Deo Gloria. Of course, good regulated Prayer Book doctrine, worship and piety is another corollary.

 

This magnum opus and highly recommended volume by a Scots Episcopalian, Prof. W.H.C. Frend of Glasgow University, 1022-page volume, is available at: http://www.amazon.com/The-Early-Church-SCM-Classics-ebook/dp/B00653OWSM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389071078&sr=8-2&keywords=Frend+Early+Christian+Church

Contents

Illustrations

Abbreviations

Introduction

Part 1: Jews and Christian

  1. The Jewish Background
    From 587 to 140 BC
    Palestine in the Last Century BC
    Sects and Parties
    The Dispersion
  2. Jesus of Nazareth
    Baptism
    Temptations
    Jesus and John
    The Galilean Mission AD 28-29
    Martyr Prophet
    On to Jerusalem
    The Last Phase
  3. Paul and the First Expansion 30-65
    The Jerusalem Community
    The Emergence of Paul
    The Mission
    The Opposition
    The Pauline Christ
    The New Religion and Society
    Paul and James
    The Pauline Ministry
    The Liturgy
    Baptism and the Eucharist
    Relation with the Authorities
    The Neronian Persecution
  4. The Christian Synagogue 70-135
    The New Israel and the Old
    The Christian Mission
    The Church and Society
    Sound Doctrine and the Opponents
    The Christian Ministry
    The Liturgy
    Differing Interpretation
    The Christians and the Empire
  5. Opposition Cult 135-80
    The Roman Empire in the Second Century
    The Opposition
    Christian Advance
  6. Acute Hellenization 135-193
    The Gnostic Movement
    Reasons for the Success of Gnosticism
    The Alexandrian Gnostic Teachers
    The Gnostic Legacy
    Marcion
    Later Developments
  7. The Emergence of Orthodoxy 135-193
    The Apologists
    Irenaeus
    Emergent Orthodoxy
    Threats to Unity
    Conclusion

Part 2: Christianity and the Roman Empire

  1. Out of the Shadows 193-235
    The Severan Dynasty
    Christianity’s Rivals
    Orthodoxy
    Revival of Mission
    Pagan Reaction
    The Return of Peace
  2. Struggle and Advance 235-260
    Christian Progress
    Manicheism
    The Decian Persecution
    Valerian
  3. The Third Century: The Western Churches 190-260
    Latin Christianity
  4.  The Third Century: Christian Platonism of Alexandria and its Opponents 190- 275
    Christian Platonists
  5.  Church and People in the Third Century
    Authority and Church Order
    Bishops and Clergy
    The Seniores
    The People
    Art, Literature and Ethics
    Rural Christianity and the First Monks
  6. The Age of Diocletian 270-305
    The Pagan Front
    The Advance of Christianity
    Diocletian and the Great Persecution
  7. The Constantinian Revolution 305-330
    Tetrarchy and Dynasty
    The Propaganda War
    The Hinge of Fate 311-313
    From Milan to Chyrsopolis 313-324
    The Donatists: Pandora’s Box
    Arius
    Council of Nicaea
    Constantinople: Nova Roma

Part 3: From Constantine to Chalcedon

  1. Toward Byzantinism 330-361
    Constantine and Athanasius
    The Council of Sardica 342/43
    The Search for Equilibrium 343-53
    Constantius as Sole Emperor 353-361
    Constantius and the Quest for a Unifying Creed
  2. From Pagan to Christian Society 330-360
    The New Synthesis
    The Process of Christianization
    Christianity and the Countryside
  3. Hero of a Lost Cause: The Emperor Julian 360-363
    The Early Years
    The Successful General
    The Failed Revolution
  4. New Perspectives in the West and East 363-399
    The West
    The East
  5. The North African Dimension
    The Donatists
    Augustine
    Pelagius and Pelagianism
  6.  Christianity and Barbarism: The West 380-450
    The End of the Pagan Ideal
    Claudian
    Prudentius
    Priscillian
    Paulinus
    Jerome
    Honoratus
    John Cassian
    The Church and the Internal Crisis of the Empire
  7.  The Road to Chalcedon 398-451
    The Survival of the East Roman Provinces
    John Chyrsostom at Constantinople 398-404
    Nestorius and Cyril 428-431
    The Formula of Reunion 433
    The Interlude 433-46
    Dioscorus and Eutyches
    Chalcedon 451

Part 4: The Parting of Ways

  1. The Catholic Recovery in the West 451-536
    Britain
    North Africa under the Vandals
    Gaul
    Italy
    The Acacian Schism and its Aftermath
    The Decline of the Ostrogothic Kingdom
  2.  Justinian and the Byzantine Achievement 527-65
    Justinian’s Renewal (Renovatio)
    The Reoccupation of North Africa 533-34
    Byzantine Art and Architecture
    The Emergence of the Monophysite Church 519-31
    The Emergence of Neo-Chalcedonianism
    The Three Chapters 544-54
    The Failure of the Reconquista 555-565
  3.  “And East is East…” 565-604
    Rome and Constantinople
    Chalcedonians and Monophysites
    The Celtic Irruption
    St. Benedict and Monasticism
    Pope Gregory 1

Epilogue

General Bibliography

Appendixes

Synopsis of Events

Maps

Names Index

Subject Index

William Hugh Clifford Frend


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

William Hugh Clifford Frend (11 January 1916 – 1 August 2005) was an English ecclesiastical historian, archaeologist and Anglican priest.

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Academic career



Military career


  • Assistant Principal, War Office 1940
  • Seconded to Cabinet Office and served on Committees for Allied Supplies and the Free French
  • Liaison officer, Psychological Warfare Branch, Tunis
  • Service in Austria for 18 months
  • Italy
  • Commissioned officer, Queen's Royal Regiment 1947-67

Ministry


Frend inclined towards the Low Church tradition. He was a sometimes reluctant liberal who cautiously supported the ordination of women but criticised Bishop Jenkins of Durham over his non-traditional ideas about Christmas. He was considered a good and humble pastor and an enlightening, if theologically uncoventional, preacher.


Public recognition



Family


Frend was married to Mary Grace (née Crook; 1951-2002). They had one son, Simon, and one daughter, Sally. His father was a priest of High Church persuasion.


Major works


  • The Donatist Church (1952)
  • Martyrdom and Persecution in the Early Church (1965)
  • The Rise of the Monophysite Movement (1972)
  • The Rise of Christianity (1984)

See also



References


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  2. Jump up ^ "Society of Antiquaries of London - Volume 80, 2000 work=sal.org.uk". 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "Günter P Gehring" 
  3. Jump up ^ [author missing] (2011 [last update]). "Society of Antiquaries of London - Birthe Kjølbye-Biddle". sal.org.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2011. "1986"  Check date values in: |date= (help)
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External links



Prof. Frend in the Introduction gives several book recommendations along with the projected narrative. Where a Marine General makes recommendations,  Colonels, Captains, Staff Sergeants and Lance Corporal hop—in the Marine Corps. Here are three.

Danielou, Jean and Marrou, Henri. The First Six Hundred Years (Christian Centuries, Vol. 1).  Mahway, NJ: Paulist Press, 1964. http://www.amazon.com/First-Hundred-Years-Christian-Centuries/dp/0809102757/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389225537&sr=8-1&keywords=Danielou+the+first+six+hundred+years

 

Kidd, B.J. A History of the Church. No location: Forgotten Books, 2012.  


Von Harnack, Adolf. The Mission and Expansion of Christianity in the First Three Centuries. No location: Nabu Press, 2010. http://www.amazon.com/mission-expansion-Christianity-first-centuries/dp/1178061434/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389225757&sr=8-2&keywords=von+harnack+mission+and+expansion

 

Prof. Frend notes that by 190 AD, corresponding to Part 1 in his treatment, Christianity had penetrated to every corner of the Roman Empire and to every level of society.  The Church had been tight and closely organized but faced Gnostic teachers and Montanist prophets. 

 

Part 2 deals with the creative minds and developments of the period.  Topics include: Origen, varied artists, the Confessor-Martyrs--of the Deceian, Valerianic, Diocletianic periods, Nicaea to Chalcedon (325-451), Athanasius, Basil of Caesarea, Apollinaris of Laodicea, Augustine, Theodore Mopsuestia, and Cyril of Alexandria.

 

Prof. Frend notes that “Early Christian Studies” are threatened in the academy by competing interests and leaders all too willing to ax courses and bibliographies from the curricula.  In this context, he points to other weighty voices needing emphasis: A.H.M. Jones, T.R. Glover, and F.C. Burkitt.

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