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Heretics: The Creation of Christianity from the Gnostics to the Modern Church
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Author
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Jonathan Wright.
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Publisher
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Houghton Mifflin
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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9.25
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6.25
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ISBN
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9780151013876
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Pages/Publication Date
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338/2011
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Daedalus Item Code
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30410
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This item is not available.
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Description
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The history of dissent in the Christian Church is charted here through the stories of some of its most emblematic heretics—from Arius, a 4th-century Libyan cleric who doubted the very divinity of Christ, to more successful heretics like Martin Luther and John Calvin who truly changed the faith of millions. As Jonathan Wright traces the Church's attempts at enforcing orthodoxy, from the days of Constantine to the modern Catholic Church's lingering conflicts, he argues that heresy, by forcing the Church to continually refine and impose its beliefs, actually helped Christianity to evolve into one of the world's most formidable and successful religions.
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