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Jesus Wars : How four partiarchs, three queens, and two emperors decided what Christians would believe for the next 1,500 years
Outline: In this book, the author tells the controversial and at times breathtakingly violent story of the early Church's battles over 'right belief'. Over the past 2,000 years, Christians have repeatedly struggled to resolve the tension between two seemingly rival claims: Jesus was fully human and yet fully divine. This struggle caused conflict and divisions in the Church from its earliest days. But never was the debate more fiercely waged than during the Church Councils of the fifth century, when for a few years it seemed likely that the Church might formally abandon its belief in the humanity of Jesus and describe him solely as a fully divine being. The struggles within the Roman Empire over these issues were intense and bloody, involving a galaxy of intriguing characters, and precipitating backstairs conspiracies, court factions, riots and rebellions. The story culminates in a full-scale civil war that tore the empire apart for decades.
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