Author: William Ware
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458

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Author: Stephen Benko
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253203854
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198

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"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].

Author: William Ware
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458969293
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Nevertheless, you have been in his company. You forget not the Mediterranean voyage ? By no means. I enjoyed it highly, and recall it ever with delight. soldiers exclaimed, ' Where now are the gods of Rome ?' This is that man, the soldier Macer; then bound with fellow-soldiers to the service in Africa, now a Christian preacher. I see it now. That man impressed me then, with his thin form and all-devouring eyes. But the African climate, and the gash across his left cheek, and which seems to have slightly disturbed the eye upon that side, have made him a different being, and almost a terrific one. Is he sound and sane ? Perfectly so, replied Probus, unless we may say that souls earnestly devoted and zealous are mad. There is not a more righteous soul in Rome. His conscience is bare, and shrinking like a fresh wound. His breast is warm and fond as a woman's. His penitence for the wild errors of his pagan youth, a consuming fire, which, while it redoubles his ardour in doing what he may in the cause of truth, rages in secret, and, if the sword or the cross claim him not, will bring him to the grave. He is utterly incapable of fear. All the racks and the dungeons of Rome, with their tormentors, could not terrify him. You now interest me in him. I must see and know him. It might be of service to him and to all, Probus, methinks, if he could be brought to associate with those whose justor notions might influence his, and modify them to the rule of truth. I fear not. What he sees, he sees clearly and strongly, and by itself. He understands nothing of one truth bearing upon another, and adding to it or taking from it. Truth is truth with him, and as his own mind perceives it, not another's. His conscience will allow him in no accommodations to other men'...

Author: William Ware
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780371751435
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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Author: Niko Huttunen
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004428240
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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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.

Author: Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 480

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Author: Peter S. Oakes
Publisher: Paternoster
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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What do the New Testament, the early Christian churches, and Rome have to do with one another? Rome both dominated the shape of first-century life and became a place of Christian activity. Rome in the Bible and the Early Church analyzes these facts and examines the influence Rome had over the development of the Bible and early Christianity. This fascinating, accessible collection of essays addresses a variety of issues including Paul's depiction of his Roman prison-keepers in the Book of Philippians, Luke's surprising account of Paul's arrival in Rome, and the connection between Roman culture and the ethical passages in the Book of Romans. This book will be essential for students of New Testament and early Christianity and fascinating reading for pastors and all readers interested in connecting the Bible and early Christians to their Roman influences.

Author: William Ware
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780267002665
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 260

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Excerpt from Rome and the Early Christians She understands already perfectly the pea Is she is among; and through her quick sagacity has already rigen to a power greater than woman ever before held in Rome. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: William Ware
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781356929610
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Bernard Green
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0567032507
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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