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Copyright © 2018 by Bart D. Ehrman

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First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition February 2018

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Ehrman, Bart D., author.

Title: The triumph of Christianity / Bart D. Ehrman.

Description: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. | New York : Simon &  Schuster, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2016056895 | ISBN 9781501136702 (hardcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, –337—Influence. | Church  history—Primitive and early church, ca. 30–600.

Classification: LCC BR180 .E47 2017 | DDC 270.1—dc23 LC record available  at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016056895

ISBN 978-1-5011-3670-2

ISBN 978-1-5011-3672-6 (ebook)