re: Books on Christianity

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Any good books about the rise of Early Christianity, say Clement I to the Council of Nicaea?

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Benedict XVI, early on in his life wrote Introduction to Christianity, and later on, as Pope, gave a series of catechesis on the Fathers of the Church which have been compiled into a series of titles called, appropriately enough Fathers of the Church or in some editions, Church Fathers The chapters are short as they were given as weekly public audience addresses.

More scholarly:
From Paul to Valentius / Peter Lampe