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Thinking with Women: the Uses of the Appeal to ‘Woman’ in Pre-Nicene Christian Propaganda Literature 与女性一起思考:前尼西亚基督教宣传文学中对“女性”诉求的运用

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_007

E. Clark, M. Salzman

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Models of Christian Expansion 基督教扩展的模式

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_005

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Barbarians and the Empire-Wide Spread of Christianity 蛮族与帝国——基督教的广泛传播

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_009

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Outlawing ‘Magic’ or Outlawing ‘Religion’? Libanius and the Theodosian Code as Evidence for Legislation against ‘Pagan’ Practices 取缔“魔法”还是取缔“宗教”?利巴尼奥斯和狄奥多西法典作为反对“异教徒”做法的立法证据

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_010

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Roman Historians and the Rise of Christianity: the School of Edward Gibbon 罗马历史学家与基督教的兴起:爱德华·吉本学派

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_012

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Christian Expansion and Christian Ideology 基督教扩张与基督教意识形态

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 2005-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_006

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Pagans, Polytheists and the Pendulum 异教徒，多神教徒和钟摆

The Spread of Christianity in the First Four Centuries Pub Date : 1900-01-01 DOI: 10.1163/9789047427476_011

James J North

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