02727cam a2200397Ia 4500001000700000003000600007005001700013008004100030020001500071020001800086035002300104035002000127040007700147050002100224082001100245082002300256245020000279260005600479300002600535500015800561500032600719520066601045648003501711650003901746650004101785650002101826650002901847650002101876650005101897650005301948655004402001700002902045700004202074700003202116776018102148281469GBCCL20241126110408.0991020r19991911mau      d    000 0ceng d  a1565634608  a9781565634602  a(OCoLC)ocm42669816  a(OCoLC)42669816  aBZMcBZMdOCLCQdBAKERdYDXCPdOCLCGdAU@dOCLCAdDEBBGdBDXdSGBdOCLCF 4aBR95b.D472 199904a270.0304a270.10922221bDIC02aA Dictionary of early Christian biography and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D. :bwith an account of the principal sects and heresies /cedited by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy.  a[Peabody, Mass.?] :bHendrickson Publishers,c1999.  axi, 1028 p. ;c24 cm.  a"Reprinted from the edition originally titled 'A Dictionary of Christian biography and literature', published by John Murray, London, 1911."--T.p. verso.  aFounded on "the Dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects, and doctrines, published under the editorship of Dr. Wace and the late Dr. Wm. Smith ... in four large volumes"; the "articles on the great characters of early church history and literature" having been retained "with no material abbreviation."--Pref.  aA remarkably comprehensive work, this volume evolved from the distinguished four-volume Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature. For anyone serious about the early church and the people who made indelible marks in its story, this is a fundamental resource. Features reliable sketches of major Christian personalities of the first six centuries; Analyzes the documents, creeds, and literature of the early church and its opponents; Describes the principal sects and heretics of early Christianity, including discussions of the theological tendencies of these opponents; Covers more than 600 years of church history in one convenient volume. - Publisher. 7aKirchengeschichte 30-600.2swd 0aChristian biographyvDictionaries. 0aFathers of the churchvDictionaries.07aBiographie.2swd07aFr�uhchristentum.2swd07aGeschichte.2swd 7aChristian biography.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00858936 7aFathers of the church.2fast0(OCoLC)fst00921916 7aDictionaries.2fast0(OCoLC)fst014238261 aWace, Henry,d1836-1924.1 aPiercy, William C.q(William Coleman)1 aSmith, William,d1813-1893.08iOnline version:tDictionary of early Christian biography and literature to the end of the sixth century A.D.d[Peabody, Mass.?] : Hendrickson Publishers, 1999w(OCoLC)657162108