Christian Beginnings by Géza Vermes
From Nazareth to Nicaea, AD 30-325
A concise historical study tracing how a Jewish renewal movement centered on a charismatic healer and teacher developed over three centuries into a Gentile-dominated, institutionally structured church with a high Christology, culminating in fourth-century creeds. Drawing on New Testament, apocryphal, and early patristic sources, it highlights decisive turning points—the Pauline reinterpretation, evolving gospel portraits, Hellenistic intellectual influence, and the rise of episcopal authority. It argues that an increasing gap emerged between the original message about the Kingdom of God and the later doctrinal edifice, shaped by social, political, and theological pressures.
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- 2012
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- British
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