The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church by Jaroslav Pelikan
The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church
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Jaroslav Pelikan
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The Excellent Empire: The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church

Jaroslav Pelikan

133 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced
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Renowned historian Jaroslav Pelikan details the reactions to the fall of Rome by the Church fathers, who set the pattern for interpreting this momentous event for succeeding centuries, and examines Gibbon's interpretation in the light of the origi...

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