Christianity in Ancient Rome
Title | Christianity in Ancient Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Bernard Green |
Publisher | A&C Black |
Pages | 270 |
Release | 2010-04-15 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0567032507 |
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Pagan Rome and the Early Christians
Title | Pagan Rome and the Early Christians PDF eBook |
Author | Stephen Benko |
Publisher | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 198 |
Release | 1986-07-22 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780253203854 |
"In the early Roman empire, Christians were seen by pagans as overthrowers of ancient gods and destroyers of the prevailing social order. Allegations that Christians recognized each other by secret marks, met at night and made love to one another indiscriminately, worshipped the head of an ass and the genitals of their high priests, and ate children were widely believed. In examining these charges and the Christian response to them, Benko has provided a persuasively argued and refreshing, if controversial, perspective on the confrontation of the pagan and early Christian worlds."[book cover].
Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire
Title | Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire PDF eBook |
Author | Niko Huttunen |
Publisher | BRILL |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2020-03-31 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9004428240 |
In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of “recognition” Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire.
The Early Christians in Rome
Title | The Early Christians in Rome PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones |
Publisher | |
Pages | 480 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | Church history |
ISBN |
Rome in the Bible and the Early Church
Title | Rome in the Bible and the Early Church PDF eBook |
Author | Peter S. Oakes |
Publisher | Paternoster |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | History |
ISBN |
Six notable scholars illuminate key aspects of Rome and its impact on early Christianity, emphasizing Roman culture, Roman authority, and the Christian community in Rome.
Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity
Title | Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Karl Galinsky |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 421 |
Release | 2016 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0198744765 |
Memory in Ancient Rome and Early Christianity presents perspectives from an international and interdisciplinary range of contributors on the literature, history, archaeology, and religion of a major world civilization, based on an informed engagement with important concepts and issues in memory studies.
The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius
Title | The Early Christians in Ephesus from Paul to Ignatius PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Trebilco |
Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Pages | 851 |
Release | 2007-10-17 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 0802807690 |
The capital city of the province of Asia in the first century CE, Ephesus played a key role in the development of early Christianity. In this book Paul Trebilco examines the early Christians from Paul to Ignatius, seen in the context of our knowledge of the city as a whole. Drawing on Paul's letters and the Acts of the Apostles, Trebilco looks at the foundations of the church, both before and during the Pauline mission. He shows that in the period from around 80 to 100 CE there were a number of different communities in Ephesus that regarded themselves as Christians -- the Pauline and Johannine groups, Nicolaitans, and others -- testifying to the diversity of that time and place. Including further discussions on the Ephesus addresses of the apostle John and Ignatius, this scholarly study of the early Ephesian Christians and their community is without peer.