The excellent empire : the fall of Rome and the triumph of the church /

Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1923-2006.

The excellent empire : the fall of Rome and the triumph of the church / Jaroslav Pelika n. - 1st ed. - San Francisco : Harper & Row, c1987. - xiii, 133 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm. - The Rauschenbusch lectures ; new ser., 1 .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. [117]-129.

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