SEVEN REVOLUTIONS

Authors Mike Aquilina and Jim Papendrea examine the practices of the Early Church--a body of Christians living in Rome--and show how the lessons learned from these ancient Christians can apply to Christians living in the United States today.

Prolonged, multiple wars in the Middle East. Waves of immigrants crossing the borders. Ongoing economic recession. Increasing political polarization, often with religious overtones. Conflicts over ideologies that pit the progressive against the traditional. Sound familiar? These conditions not only describe the United States, but the situation of the Roman Empire in the third century. That situation led to religious persecution and the eventual collapse of the empire. In the middle of the third century, the Roman Empire was roughly the same age as the United States is now. The book moves from the Christian individual, to the family, the church and the world, explaining how the situation of the Early Church is not only familiar to modern Catholic readers, but that its values are still relevant. Mike Aquilina is the author of more than 20 books, including Angels of God. Jim Papandrea is a teacher, author, speaker, and musician and is now Associate Professor of Church History at Garrett-Evangelical Seminary in Illinois.