{"product_id":"the-seed-of-the-martyrs-a-narrative-history-of-the-early-christian-church-persecution-heresy-councils-and-the-making-of-orthodox-faith-from-the-9798259147591","title":"The Seed of the Martyrs: A Narrative History of the Early Christian Church - Persecution, Heresy, Councils, and the Making of Orthodox Faith from the","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Samuel Everett\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Christian Theology - History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if everything you thought you knew about the early church was only half the story?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Christian faith did not arrive polished and complete. It was \u003ci\u003eforged\u003c\/i\u003e - in Roman arenas, desert caves, council chambers, and the ink of dying men who believed every word they wrote was worth their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Seed of the Martyrs\u003c\/i\u003e takes you inside five of the most turbulent, defining centuries in human history - from the fire of Pentecost to the bitter fractures of Chalcedon. This is not a dry theological textbook. It is a narrative journey through the blood, brilliance, and breathtaking courage of the men and women who built the foundation every Christian stands on today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFew people know\u003c\/b\u003e that the Bible almost looked completely different - until a radical teacher named Marcion tried to tear out everything connected to the God of the Old Testament. Or that the creed recited in churches every Sunday was nearly lost to a catchy street song composed by a priest trying to redefine who Christ was. Or that the monk who gave Western Christianity its spiritual backbone first fled Rome in disgust as a teenager. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside these pages you will encounter Constantine's battlefield vision, Athanasius exiled five times and unmoved, the desert fathers who walked away from civilization to find God, and the council that split the Christian East in two - a wound that has never fully healed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for you if\u003c\/b\u003e you are curious about early church history, Christian origins, the formation of the Bible, the Council of Nicaea, the church fathers, or simply want to understand how a handful of frightened believers in an upper room became a movement that outlasted every empire arrayed against it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe truth behind the church's first five centuries is more dramatic, more human, and more relevant than most people ever discover.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eYour copy is waiting. Get it today and read the story that started everything.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883253186711,"sku":"9798259147591","price":1334.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798259147591.webp?v=1781100569","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-seed-of-the-martyrs-a-narrative-history-of-the-early-christian-church-persecution-heresy-councils-and-the-making-of-orthodox-faith-from-the-9798259147591","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}