Sheler, Jeffery L., <br/><br/>
Days of the Martyrs. / 
Jeffery L. Sheler. 
 -  U.S. News & World Report  (Syndicate),  2001. 
 - SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.  Article 27.  Institutions,  1522-3256; .
<br/><br/> Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2002.  Originally Published: Days of the Martyrs, April 16, 2001; pp. 40-45. 
<br/><br/> "As the [Christian] movement expanded during the second and third centuries, it proved to be anything but simple. The nascent Christian church was torn by persecution and internal division as Christians struggled to understand and apply the meaning of Jesus's life, death, and Resurrection in the roiling religious caldron of the Roman Empire. Perhaps even more than the seminal events of the first century, those later conflicts and controversies would forge Christianity's future--shaping its creeds and canon and transforming a renegade Jewish sect into a powerful world religion. Just how the events and decisions of that crucial period influenced Christianity's course is a matter of intense scholarly debate." (U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT) This article reviews historians' dissenting opinions regarding this issue and includes a "glossary of heresies.". 
<br/><br/><label>ISSN: </label>1522-3256; 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Christianity.<br/>Church controversies.<br/>Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.<br/>Heresies--History.--Christian<br/>Persecution--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>AC1.S5 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>050