Decoding early Christianity : truth and legend in the early church - Houlden, J. L. (James Leslie); Gould, Graham (Oxford ; Westport, Conn. : Greenwood World Pub., 2007)
Introduction / Leslie Houlden -- What did Jesus do and teach? / Leslie Houlden -- Who were the disciples? / Stephen Need -- Who were the first popes? / Graham Gould -- What is the Apocryphal New Testament? / Stuart Hall -- What was gnosticism? / Stuart Hall -- What was the Qumran sect and did Jesus share their beliefs? / Stephen Need -- How did the early Christians worship? / Graham Gould -- Who were the heretics and what did they believe? / Lionel Wickham -- What did Constantine do for Christianity? / Graham Gould.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.