Using a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Rom

Christianity spread across North Africa early, and it remained there as a powerful force much longer than anticipated. While this African form of Christianity l

Martyrs, exegetes, catechumens, and councils enlarge this study of North African Christianity, a region often reduced to its dominant patristic personalities. S

This groundbreaking book examines the vibrant North African Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries and its relationship to Rome. Merdinger provides a liv