Author: PARKER, T.M.
Title: Christianity and the State in the Light of History - the Bampton Lectures
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black. 1955, First. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Gold title on red cloth boards which are clean with some minor marks but no wear. Internally there is a small name to front pastedown else very clean, tight and unmarked. Dustjacket has age darkening to spine and minimal wear. vii + 178 pages. These Bampton Lectures provide a valuable historical study which should help towards clarification of thought on the problems of the relationship betwee Church and State. Comprises: Biblical Conceptions of Church and State; The Pre-Constantinian Church; The Constantinian Revolution and the Christian Roman Empire; Byzantine Theocracy; The Western Church and the Post-Roman World; The Medieval Attempt at Papal Theocracy; The Break-up of the Medieval World; TReformation Ecclesiology and the State; Epilogue; Index. R10. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Church and State, Byzantine Theocracy, Medieval Christianity, Pre-Constantinian


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