books.google.ca - Church History offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and developed. It did so not in a vacuum, but in a setting of times, cultures, and events that both influenced and were influenced by the church. Church History looks closely at the integral link between the history of...http://books.google.ca/books/about/Church_History_Volume_One_From_Christ_to.html?id=VB_StdsoDV4C&q=persecution&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareChurch History ,Volume One: From Christ to Pre-Reformation