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100			_aPelikan, Jaroslav
245			_aThe Excellent Empire _b The Fall of Rome and the Triumph of the Church
260			_aNew York _bHarper Collins Publishers _c1987
300			_a133p
440		0	_aRauschenbusch Lectures, New Series ; _v198700ENGGPS1
500			_aincludes index and biblioraphy
505	2		_aIntroduction 1. The fall of rome as historical paradigm ...........3 I. The decline and fall of the Roman empire 2. The social triumph of the ancient church .............15 3. The triumph of barbarism and religion ..........29 II. The lessons of history 4. History as divine apocalypse .............43 5. The register of human follies ,crimes, and misfortunes .............53 III. The fate of Empire 6. The founding of the christian empire ..............67 7. The inevitable effect of immoderate greatness ..............79 IV. Loss nd gain 8. The terrestrial Glory of an excellent empire ...........93 9. The inestimable gifts of roman civilization ...............104 Notes ........117 Index of names ..........131
700	1		_aPelikan, Jaroslav
902			_bFFS
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999			_c97680 _d97680