Encyclopedia of the Early Church [Two Volume Set] by Di Berardino, Angelo (ed.) - 1992

New York: Oxford University Press, 1992. First English Language Edition. Hardcover. As New/No Jacket as issued. Quarto. 4to. Volume I. A-M, xxv (iii), pp. 1-578 pp, foreword to the English Translation, note on bibliographic amendments, list of contributors, biblical abbreviations, bibliographical abbreviations, Entries A-M. Volume II. N-Z pp. 579-1130, Entries N-Z; synoptic table, maps illustrations, index. Translated from the Italian by Adrian Walford with a foreword and bibliographic amendments by W.H.C. Frend. Produced by the Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum: First English Language Edition: 1992. No Dust Jacket, As Issued. Pristine no wear. No markings, tight binding, pages clean and bright. 8.5" x 12." Red cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The Encyclopedia of the Early Church is a two-volume reference work providing concise and precise information on all topics concerning the first eight centuries of Christianity. Valuable to historians, archaeologists, philosophers, and philologists as well as theologians, this work extends the knowledge of how Christianity evolved to become the most important influence in the history of Western civilization.