Brilliantly written and documented, A History of the Early Church is a seminal work, important for laymen, indispensable for students. Hans Lietzmann's four-volume history of Christianity from its founding through the early Church Fathers and the origins of monasticism is published here in a new two-volume paperback edition. The whole work is complemented by a foreword and updated bibliography by W.H.C. Frend. Volume 2 contains the third and fourth volumes of the original version: Part III: Constantine to Julian, and Part IV: The Era of the Church Fathers. Part II covers the...

Brilliantly written and documented, A History of the Early Church is a seminal work, important for laymen, indispensable for students. Hans Lietzmann's four-volume history of Christianity from its founding through the early Church Fathers and the origins of monasticism is published here in a new two-volume paperback edition. The whole work is complemented by a foreword and updated bibliography by W.H.C. Frend. Volume 1 contains the first two volumes of the original version: Part I: The Beginnings of the Christian Church, and Part II: The Founding of the Church Universal. Part I...