У истоков христианства

The book of the prominent Italian communist scientist Ambrogio Donini highlights one of the dramatic eras in European and world history - the collapse of the ancient world of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity under these conditions. The book analyzes the social, political, ideological origins of Christianity, shows the process of unification of disparate groups of believers and the transformation of Christianity into the dominant church of the Roman Empire, and then Byzantium and the first states of medieval Europe. The book is intended for a wide range of readers interested in the problems of religion and atheism.