Jesus Wars: How Four Patriarchs, Three Queens, and Two Emperors Decided What Christians Would Believe for the Next 1,500 years

by Philip Jenkins Narrated by Tom Parks

Overview

The fifth-century political battles that forever changed the church.



In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip Jenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful characters shaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today's church could be teaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as we know it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profound implications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction of Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another.

Editorial Reviews

Booklist (starred review)

Jenkins condenses centuries of church and imperial strife with admirable clarity...

Christianity Today

Are you hungry for a rip-roaring tale of theological intrigue filled with conspiracies, Byzantine plots, murder, and mayhem? Or are you longing for a solid, informative, and accurate history of the development of Christian orthodoxy? If your answer is yes to both, Philip Jenkins’s Jesus Wars...is your book.

The Economist

Jenkins manages to explain very clearly why people in the early Christian era were so passionately concerned with issues of high theology.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940176176100
Publisher:	Tantor Audio
Publication date:	06/08/2021
Edition description:	Unabridged

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