Christianity And The Roman Government

Author : Ralph Martin Novak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 351 pages
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Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Religion
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The rise of Christianity during the first four centuries of the common era was the pivotal development in Western history and profoundly influenced the later direction of all world history. Yet, for all that has been written on early Christian history, the primary sources for this history are widely scattered, difficult to find, and generally unknown to lay persons and to historians not specially trained in the field. In Christianity and the Roman Empire Ralph Novak interweaves these primary sources with a narrative text and constructs a single continuous account of these crucial centuries. The primary sources are selected to emphasize the manner in which the government and the people of the Roman Empire perceived Christians socially and politically; the ways in which these perceptions influenced the treatment of Christians within the Roman Empire; and the manner in which Christians established their political and religious dominance of the Roman Empire after Constantine the Great came to power in the early fourth century CE. Ralph Martin Novak holds a Masters Degree in Roman History from the University of Chicago. For: Undergraduates; seminarians; general audiences

Author : Ernest George Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
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Release : 1894
Category : Church history
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010309040

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Author : E. G. Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
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Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1331402212

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Christianity and the Roman Government by E. G. Hardy Pdf

Excerpt from Christianity and the Roman Government: A Study in Imperial Administration The origin of this little book, which is written from the point of view of Roman rather than of Christian history, may be explained in a few words. It was suggested by, and owes its existence to, an article by Professor Mommsen in the 'Historische Zeitschrift' of 1890, entitled, Der Religionsfrevel nach romischem Recht. The criticism of Professor Mayor and others on the insufficient and too hastily written essay on Pliny and the Christians in my edition of 'Pliny's Correspondence with Trajan' had led me to go into the subject with more thoroughness than I had hitherto given to it; and I was already convinced that on two points at least - viz. the importance of the Neronian persecution, and the connexion of Pliny's action in Bithynia with the government attitude towards collegia - I had followed quite erroneous views. 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 : Ernest George Hardy
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 72 pages
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Release : 2013-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1230448969

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Christianity and the Roman Government; a Study in Imperial Administration by Ernest George Hardy Pdf

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...if we assume its early date, being evidence for it.1 But, on the other hand, it was quite within their discretion to inquire into and punish specific charges, and in the early days, when Christianity was still a strange and unfamiliar appearance, they would be likely to do this, and any cases which Professor Eamsay may adduce out of the Pastoral Epistles would belong to this category. Indeed, this uncertainty of procedure, though more likely to occur in the early relations between government and Christianity, was apparently a characteristic of it all through. Tertullian complains that the whole matter was 'confessio nominis non examinatio criminis, '2 and yet he also says ' sacrilegii et maiestatis rei convenimur, '3 and maiestas was surely as specific a charge as could be made. But the language of Tertullian suggests a more important question than that of the precise date at which the 'nomen ipsum' became punishable--a question which, as far as I can judge, Mommsen's utterances both in the 'Historische Zeitschrift' and in the 'Expositor ' still leave a little uncertain--viz. whether those who were punished as ' rei maiestatis" were or were not punished for the name. To all appearance Mommsen answers this question in the affirmative. In the earlier article, after speaking of the conception of the Christian belief as in itself a capital crime, and quoting such well-known passages as 1 Peter iv. 15, and Just. 'Apol.' i. 11 in support of it, he goes on to say that this conception could not have depended on the edict of this or that particular emperor, but must have been grounded in the essence of the Eoman criminal law, and we can see from Tertullian--i.e. in the passage about maiestas--how it was juristically to be explained.i Still more...

Author : Ernest George Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
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Release : 1925
Category : Church history
ISBN : OCLC:886421136

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Author : E. G. Hardy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
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Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0649175778

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Christianity and the Roman Government by E. G. Hardy Pdf

Author : Edward Gibbon
Publisher : Palala Press
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Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1347421882

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume 8 by Edward Gibbon Pdf

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Author : William Edward Addis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
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Release : 1893
Category : Christians
ISBN : HARVARD:32044004357364

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Author : E. G. Hardy
Publisher : Trieste Publishing
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Category : History
ISBN : 0649004175

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Author : Ralph Martin Novak
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 351 pages
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Release : 2001-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567018403

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Christianity and the Roman Empire by Ralph Martin Novak Pdf

The rise of Christianity during the first four centuries of the common era was the pivotal development in Western history and profoundly influenced the later direction of all world history. Yet, for all that has been written on early Christian history, the primary sources for this history are widely scattered, difficult to find, and generally unknown to lay persons and to historians not specially trained in the field. In Christianity and the Roman Empire Ralph Novak interweaves these primary sources with a narrative text and constructs a single continuous account of these crucial centuries. The primary sources are selected to emphasize the manner in which the government and the people of the Roman Empire perceived Christians socially and politically; the ways in which these perceptions influenced the treatment of Christians within the Roman Empire; and the manner in which Christians established their political and religious dominance of the Roman Empire after Constantine the Great came to power in the early fourth century CE. Ralph Martin Novak holds a Masters Degree in Roman History from the University of Chicago. For: Undergraduates; seminarians; general audiences

Author : Ramsay MacMullen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1984-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0300036426

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Christianizing the Roman Empire by Ramsay MacMullen Pdf

Offers a secular perspective on the growth of the Christian Church in ancient Rome, identifies nonreligious factors in conversion, and examines the influence of Constantine

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781622751594

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Roman Gods & Goddesses by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf

While the ancient Roman pantheon in many ways resembles that of ancient Greece, there is much that sets apart Roman mythology. Romans also borrowed from the religions of ancient Egypt, Asia Minor, and the Middle East, and legendary figures such as Romulus and Remus, tied closely to the history of Rome, feature prominently in ancient stories. The major and lesser figures of Roman mythology are presented in this vibrant volume with sidebars spotlighting related facts and concepts about Roman mythology and religion.

Author : James S. Valliant,C. W. Fahy
Publisher : Crossroad Press
Page : 128 pages
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Release : 2016-09-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Creating Christ by James S. Valliant,C. W. Fahy Pdf

Exhaustively annotated and illustrated, this explosive work of history unearths clues that finally demonstrate the truth about one of the world’s great religions: that it was born out of the conflict between the Romans and messianic Jews who fought a bitter war with each other during the 1st Century. The Romans employed a tactic they routinely used to conquer and absorb other nations: they grafted their imperial rule onto the religion of the conquered. After 30 years of research, authors James S. Valliant and C.W. Fahy present irrefutable archeological and textual evidence that proves Christianity was created by Roman Caesars in this book that breaks new ground in Christian scholarship and is destined to change the way the world looks at ancient religions forever. Inherited from a long-past era of tyranny, war and deliberate religious fraud, could Christianity have been created for an entirely different purpose than we have been lead to believe? Praised by scholars like Dead Sea Scrolls translator Robert Eisenman (James the Brother of Jesus), this exhaustive synthesis of historical detective work integrates all of the ancient sources about the earliest Christians and reveals new archeological evidence for the first time. And, despite the fable presented in current bestsellers like Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Jesus, the evidence presented in Creating Christ is irrefutable: Christianity was invented by Roman Emperors. I have rarely encountered a book so original, exciting, accessible and informed on subjects that are of obvious importance to the world and to which I have myself devoted such a large part of my scholarly career studying. In this book they have rendered a startling new understanding of Christianity with a controversial theory of its Roman provenance that is accessible to the layman in a very powerful way. In the process, they present new and comprehensive archeological and iconographic evidence, as well as utilizing the widest and most cutting edge work of other recent scholars, including myself. This is a work of outstanding and original scholarship. Its arguments are a brilliant, profound and thorough integration of the relevant evidence. When they are done, the conclusion is inescapable and obviously profound. Robert Eisenman, Author of James the Brother of Jesus and The New Testament Code "A fascinating and provocative investigative history of ideas, boldly exploring a problem that previous scholarship has not clearly or credibly addressed: how (and why!) the Flavian dynasty wove Christianity into the very fabric of Western civilization." -Mark Riebling, author of Church of Spies: The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler

Author : Marta Sordi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011354811

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The Christians and the Roman Empire by Marta Sordi Pdf

Author : Bernard Green
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
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Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:851323269

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Christianity in Ancient Rome by Bernard Green Pdf

The reader is taken on a journey from the earliest roots of Christianity to its near acceptance as religion of the Roman Empire. The reader is taken from the very first generation of Christians in Rome, a tiny group of Jews who acknowledged Jesus as the Messiah, down to the point when Christianity had triumphed over savage persecution and was on the verge of becoming the religion of the Roman Empire. Rome was by far the biggest city in the Roman world and this had a profound effect on the way Christianity developed there. It became separate from Judaism at a very early date. The Roman Christians were the first to suffer savage persecution at the hands of Nero. Rome saw the greatest theological movements of the second century thrashing out the core doctrines of the Christian faith. The emergence of the papacy and the building of the catacombs gave the Roman Church extraordinary influence and prestige in the third century, another time of cruel persecution. And it was in Rome that Constantine's patronage of the Christian faith was most evident as he built great basilicas and elevated the personal status of the Pope.