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Invisible God

The Earliest Christians on Art

by Paul Corby Finney (associate Professor Of Ancient History, Associate Professor Of Ancient History, University Of Missouri)

  • Paperback
  • 352 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

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For Christians interested in early church history

Challenges the myth of Christians rejecting visual art

You will gain insights into the role of art in faith

This book explores how early Christians embraced art to enhance their worship spaces.

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In this text, the author refutes the traditional assumption that early Christians were opposed in principle to visual images and thus produced no art. He asserts that once Christians acquired legal status and were able to own property and places of worship, they produced art to decorate them.

  • Title

    Invisible God

  • Author

    Paul Corby Finney (associate Professor Of Ancient History, Associate Professor Of Ancient History, University Of Missouri)

  • Book Format

    paperback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    June 1997

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    514g

  • Page Count

    352

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780195113815

  • ISBN-10

    0195113810

  • Eden Code

    1006471

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