A Conflict on Authority in the Early African Church - Paperbackby Steven Paas (Author) The ancient Church of the North African province of the Roman Empire still captures the imagination of many modern people, who marvel its rapid growth, and are curious about the schisms and divisions within in that led to its almost complete eradication. The present Church in Sub Saharan Africa differs in many aspects from the North African Church. But the central questions that divided the early Church of authority and moral