A Conflict On Authority In The Early African Church PDF Download

7 The Donatist controversy -- Identifying Donatists -- The beginning of the schism -- Appeals to Constantine -- Escalation of violence and persecution -- Donatist diversity and decline -- The end of Donatism? -- Reassessing Donatist characteristics -- What was African about the Donatists? -- Donatists and the Punic language -- Donatists and African identity -- Donatists and conflict with Romans -- Conclusions and caveats -- 8 Augustine the African -- Augustine's life and legacy -- Augustine's works and teachings -- What was African about Augustine? -- Augustine's African background -- Accusations about Augustine's identity -- Self-identifying as an African -- 9 The Vandal era of African Christianity -- The Vandal invasion of Africa -- Vandals, Catholics, and Donatists -- Vandal expansion of power -- The end of the Vandal kingdom -- 10 The late Byzantine era in Africa -- Justinian's reconquest of Africa -- The African Three Chapters controversy -- Gregory the Great -- Maximus the Confessor -- Conclusions about Byzantine Africa -- 11 The Arab conquests in Africa -- Understanding the sources and background -- History of the conquest -- Survival of evidence and evidence of survival -- Characteristics of late African Christianity -- Reasons for African Christianity's disappearance -- Political power theory -- Christian exodus theory -- Decapitation theory -- House divided theory -- Cultural gap theory -- Theological syncretism theory -- Political pragmatism theory -- Tentative conclusions on African Christianity's end -- 12 Conclusion: What was African about ancient African Christianity? -- Summary of findings -- Elements found in the "African School"--Further considerations -- Potential implications -- Bibliography -- Abbreviations -- Ancient sources cited -- Secondary sources -- Subject Index -- Ancient Source Index -- Scripture Index