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Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine
Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine Author:J. E. Merdinger This groundbreaking book examines the vibrant North African Christian Church of the 4th and 5th centuries and its relationship to Rome. Merdinger provides a lively account of cases of canon law that arose in Africa but were adjudicated in Rome-including the notorious Apiarius affair-and shows how African Christians gradually became dependent on ... more »the papacy for enforcement of church discipline.« less