The Cross before Constantine

The Cross before Constantine
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Publisher : Fortress Press
Total Pages : 253
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ISBN-10 : 9781506400365
ISBN-13 : 1506400361
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Book Synopsis The Cross before Constantine by : Bruce W. Longenecker

Download or read book The Cross before Constantine written by Bruce W. Longenecker and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upending a longstanding consensus, Bruce W. Longenecker presents a wide variety of material artifacts to illustrate that Christians made use of the cross as a visual symbol of their faith long before Constantine appropriated it to consolidate his power in the fourth century. Constantine did not invent the cross as a symbol of Christian faith; for an impressive number of Christians before Constantine’s reign, the cross served as a visual symbol of commitment to a living deity in a dangerous world.


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