Decoding early Christianity: truth and legend in the early church

Introduction / Leslie Houlden

What did Jesus do and teach? / Leslie Houlden

Who were the disciples? / Stephen Need

Who were the first popes? / Graham Gould

What is the Apocryphal New Testament? / Stuart Hall

What was gnosticism? / Stuart Hall

What was the Qumran sect and did Jesus share their beliefs? / Stephen Need

How did the early Christians worship? / Graham Gould

Who were the heretics and what did they believe? / Lionel Wickham

What did Constantine do for Christianity? / Graham Gould.