Describes the Gnostic and Jewish Christian groups and gives refutations of their teachings. This book deals with materials also found in Nag Hammadi and other Gnostic documents. It is suitable for students of Nag Hammadi and Gnosticism, patrologists, historians of religion, chur…
The tragic true story of the Cathars, a peaceful sect who were wiped out in Europe's first geonocide, the Albigensian Crusade.
This book explains the construction and beliefs of the organized movements against the Roman Catholic Church and documents the individuals and their efforts in challenging papal infallibility, singular doctrine, and the Inquisition. It examines how heretics have never ceased to …
"This book explains the construction and beliefs of the organized movements against the Roman Catholic Church and documents the individuals and their efforts in challenging papal infallibility, singular doctrine, and the Inquisition. It examines how heretics have never ceased to…
"This book explains the construction and beliefs of the organized movements against the Roman Catholic Church and documents the individuals and their efforts in challenging papal infallibility, singular doctrine, and the Inquisition. It examines how heretics have never ceased to…
How did Islam come to be considered a Christian heresy? In this book, Peter Schadler outlines the intellectual background of the Christian Near East that led John, a Christian serving in the court of the caliph in Damascus, to categorize Islam as a heresy. Schadler shows that di…
How did Islam come to be considered a Christian heresy? In this book, Peter Schadler outlines the intellectual background of the Christian Near East that led John, a Christian serving in the court of the caliph in Damascus, to categorize Islam as a heresy. Schadler shows that di…
"Classifying Christians investigates the ways in which late antique Christian heresiologists (150-450 C.E.) produced polemical ethnographies and presented their ethnographic dispositions in theological terms. The book demonstrates how the rituals, doctrines, customs, and origins…