By Dominique Arnauld M. Afr
At the beginning of the third millennium many young Churches in Africa are celebrating their silver, golden or centenary jubilee… One tends to forget that the Christian past in Africa goes way back to the time of the Early Church. Some of the Churches in Africa are among the oldest members of the Church Universal.
Not only has Africa been present right from the beginning of Christianity, but it has played a major and founding role for the formation of both the “first Church” (Eastern) and the “second Church” (Western). A better awareness about this amazing past should help those who belong today to the “third Church” (Southern hemisphere) to find their place with a legitimate pride.
The first seven centuries are a period of time that does not entirely cover this glorious past of African Christianity, but they belong to the homogeneous Graeco-Roman Mediterranean world. During the next period (8-15 centuries) Christian Africa will live “in the House of Islam” and will be marked by it in a different manner.
Many scientific works have been written about these seven centuries of the History of Christianity; the interest of the author’s work lies in his focus on the role of Africa and his documented synthesis on teh subject.
© 2015 Dominique Arnauld
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By Dominique Arnauld M. Afr
At the beginning of the third millennium many young Churches in Africa are celebrating their silver, golden or centenary jubilee… One tends to forget that the Christian past in Africa goes way back to the time of the Early Church. Some of the Churches in Africa are among the oldest members of the Church Universal.
Not only has Africa been present right from the beginning of Christianity, but it has played a major and founding role for the formation of both the “first Church” (Eastern) and the “second Church” (Western). A better awareness about this amazing past should help those who belong today to the “third Church” (Southern hemisphere) to find their place with a legitimate pride.
The first seven centuries are a period of time that does not entirely cover this glorious past of African Christianity, but they belong to the homogeneous Graeco-Roman Mediterranean world. During the next period (8-15 centuries) Christian Africa will live “in the House of Islam” and will be marked by it in a different manner.
Many scientific works have been written about these seven centuries of the History of Christianity; the interest of the author’s work lies in his focus on the role of Africa and his documented synthesis on teh subject.
© 2015 Dominique Arnauld
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