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Diarmaid macculloch, an oxford scholar and popular author, has become widely known for his generalinterest books on the history of christianity and the protestant reformation in particular. Diarmaid macculloch and the first 3,000 years of christianity. Since paleochristian times the word confession had been associated with the specific. It is a survey of christianity from its earliest lineages. Backgrounds to the english reformation midamerica reformed. Sep 18, 2009 a history of christianity by diarmaid macculloch rowan williams believes an illuminating new survey of christianity will have few, if any, rivals rowan williams. The subsidiary excluding nature of these documents is clear. Properly understood and macculloch s book is a landmark contribution to that understanding christianity cannot be seen as a force beyond history, for. The first three thousand years by diarmaid macculloch chapter 17.
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