The Fifth-Century Political Battles That Forever Changed the Church
In this fascinating account of the surprisingly violent fifth-century church, Philip
Jenkins describes how political maneuvers by a handful of powerful characters
shaped Christian doctrine. Were it not for these battles, today's church could be
teaching something very different about the nature of Jesus, and the papacy as we
know it would never have come into existence. Jesus Wars reveals the profound
implications of what amounts to an accident of history: that one faction of
Roman emperors and militia-wielding bishops defeated another.