The Disappearance of Christianity from North Africa in the Wake of the Rise of Islam
In most areas where Christianity was confronted during the four centuries after the Hegira by Islam the Christian religion suffered setbacks or was eclipsed in some measure, but it did not disappear. In North Africa, however, Christianity was not merely eclipsed, it was supplanted. Tertullian, the “...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
[1960]
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Church history
Year: 1960, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 379-397 |
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Africa
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| Summary: | In most areas where Christianity was confronted during the four centuries after the Hegira by Islam the Christian religion suffered setbacks or was eclipsed in some measure, but it did not disappear. In North Africa, however, Christianity was not merely eclipsed, it was supplanted. Tertullian, the “Father of Latin Christianity,” had labored in North Africa during the latter years of the second century and the early years of the third. Victor I (189–99), the first bishop of Rome to write in Latin, and, according to Prof. G. LaPiana the first “Pope,” had been North African in origin. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3161925 |