Through the eye of a needle : wealth, the fall of rome, and the making of christianity in the west, 350-550 ad

Jesus taught his followers that it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven. Yet by the fall of Rome, the church was becoming rich beyond measure. Through the Eye of a Needle is a sweeping intellectual and social history of the vexing problem of wea...

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Main Author: Brown, Peter
Format: EBOOK
Other Format: BOOK
Language:ENGLISH
Published: Princeton University Press 2013
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