The Earliest Christian Meeting Places

Author : Edward Adams
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567157324

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Edward Adams challenges a strong consensus in New Testament and Early Christian studies: that the early Christians met 'almost exclusively' in houses. This assumption has been foundational for research on the social formation of the early churches, the origins and early development of church architecture, and early Christian worship. Recent years have witnessed increased scholarly interest in the early 'house church'. Adams re-examines the New Testament and other literary data, as well as archaeological and comparative evidence, showing that explicit evidence for assembling in houses is not nearly as extensive as is usually thought. He also shows that there is literary and archaeological evidence for meeting in non-house settings. Adams makes the case that during the first two centuries, the alleged period of the 'house church', it is plausible to imagine the early Christians gathering in a range of venues rather than almost entirely in private houses. His thesis has wide-ranging implications.

Author : Valeriy A. Alikin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004183094

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The Earliest History of the Christian Gathering by Valeriy A. Alikin Pdf

Recent research has made a strong case for the view that Early Christian communities, sociologically considered, functioned as voluntary religious associations. This is similar to the practice of many other cultic associations in the Greco-Roman world of the first century CE. Building upon this new approach, along with a critical interpretation of all available sources, this book discusses the social and religio-historical background of the weekly gatherings of Christians and presents a fresh reconstruction of how the weekly gatherings originated and developed in both form and content. The topics studied here include the origins of the observance of Sunday as the weekly Christian feast-day, the shape and meaning of the weekly gatherings of the Christian communities, and the rise of customs such as preaching, praying, singing, and the reading of texts in these meetings.

Author : Jenn Cianca
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773554245

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Sacred Ritual, Profane Space by Jenn Cianca Pdf

The first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity. Sacred Ritual, Profane Space examines the Christian meeting places of the time and overturns long-held notions about the earliest Christians as utopian rather than place-bound people. By mapping what is known from early Christian texts onto the archaeological data for Roman domestic spaces, Jenn Cianca provides a new lens for examining the relationship between early Christianity and sites of worship. She proposes that not only were Roman homes sacred sites in their own right but they were also considered sacred by the Christian communities that used them. In many cases, meeting space would have included the presence of the Roman domestic cult shrines. Despite the fact that the domestic cult was polytheistic, Cianca asserts that its practices likely continued in places used for worship by Christians. She also argues that continued practice of the domestic cult in Roman domestic spaces did not preclude Christians from using houses as churches or from understanding their rituals or their meeting places as sacred. Raising a host of questions about identity, ritual affiliation, and domestic practice, Sacred Ritual, Profane Space demonstrates how sacred space was constructed through ritual enactment in early Christian communities.

Author : Jenn Cianca
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780773554252

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Sacred Ritual, Profane Space by Jenn Cianca Pdf

The first three centuries of Christianity are increasingly seen in modern scholarship as sites of complexity. Sacred Ritual, Profane Space examines the Christian meeting places of the time and overturns long-held notions about the earliest Christians as utopian rather than place-bound people. By mapping what is known from early Christian texts onto the archaeological data for Roman domestic spaces, Jenn Cianca provides a new lens for examining the relationship between early Christianity and sites of worship. She proposes that not only were Roman homes sacred sites in their own right but they were also considered sacred by the Christian communities that used them. In many cases, meeting space would have included the presence of the Roman domestic cult shrines. Despite the fact that the domestic cult was polytheistic, Cianca asserts that its practices likely continued in places used for worship by Christians. She also argues that continued practice of the domestic cult in Roman domestic spaces did not preclude Christians from using houses as churches or from understanding their rituals or their meeting places as sacred. Raising a host of questions about identity, ritual affiliation, and domestic practice, Sacred Ritual, Profane Space demonstrates how sacred space was constructed through ritual enactment in early Christian communities.

Author : Ralph P. Martin
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0802816134

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Worship in the Early Church by Ralph P. Martin Pdf

Refers to New Testament teachings while delineating the nature of early Christian worship of God. Bibliogs.

Author : Steven Bigham,Stéphane Bigham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 097456186X

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Early Christian Attitudes Toward Images by Steven Bigham,Stéphane Bigham Pdf

For all iconophiles, that is, those who accept the dogma of the Seventh Ecumenical Council, but especially the Orthodox who claim that the icon has a sacramental and mystical character, it is naturally disquieting to hear the claim that the early Christians were aniconic and iconophobic. If this claim is true, the theology and the veneration of the icon are seriously undermined. It is, therefore, natural for iconophiles to attempt to disprove the thesis according to which the early Christians had no images whatsoever (aniconic) because they believed them to be idols (iconophobic). It is equally natural for iconophiles to want to substantiate, as much as this is possible, their deep intuition that the roots of Christian iconography go back to the apostolic age. This study weakens the notion and credibility of the alleged hostility of the early Christians to non-idolatrous images, providing a more balanced evaluation of this question.

Author : Travis B. Williams
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3161532511

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Good Works in 1 Peter by Travis B. Williams Pdf

Drawing on recent insights from postcolonial theory and social psychology, Travis B. Williams seeks to diagnose the social strategy of good works in 1 Peter by examining how the persistent admonition to "do good" is intended to be an appropriate response to social conflict. Challenging the modern consensus, which interprets the epistle's good works language as an attempt to accommodate Greco-Roman society and thereby to lessen social hostility, the author demonstrates that the exhortation to "do good" envisages a pattern of conduct which stands opposed to popular values. The Petrine author appropriates terminology that was commonly associated with wealth and social privilege and reinscribes it with a new meaning in order to provide his marginalized readers with an alternative vision of reality, one in which the honor and approval so valued in society is finally available to them. The good works theme thus articulates a competing discourse which challenges dominant social structures and the hegemonic ideology which underlies them.

Author : Paula Fredriksen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300164107

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From Jesus to Christ by Paula Fredriksen Pdf

"Magisterial. . . . A learned, brilliant and enjoyable study."—Géza Vermès, Times Literary Supplement In this exciting book, Paula Fredriksen explains the variety of New Testament images of Jesus by exploring the ways that the new Christian communities interpreted his mission and message in light of the delay of the Kingdom he had preached. This edition includes an introduction reviews the most recent scholarship on Jesus and its implications for both history and theology. "Brilliant and lucidly written, full of original and fascinating insights."—Reginald H. Fuller, Journal of the American Academy of Religion "This is a first-rate work of a first-rate historian."—James D. Tabor, Journal of Religion "Fredriksen confronts her documents—principally the writings of the New Testament—as an archaeologist would an especially rich complex site. With great care she distinguishes the literary images from historical fact. As she does so, she explains the images of Jesus in terms of the strategies and purposes of the writers Paul, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John."—Thomas D’Evelyn, Christian Science Monitor

Author : Dr David Goodhew
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472413994

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Towards a Theology of Church Growth by Dr David Goodhew Pdf

Concern about church growth and decline is widespread and contentious, yet theological reflection on church growth is scarce. Leading international scholars, including Alister McGrath, Benedicta Ward and C. Kavin Rowe, provide rich resources from scripture, doctrine and tradition, to underpin action to promote church growth and to stimulate further theological reflection on the subject.

Author : Samuel D. Ferguson
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783161590764

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The Spirit and Relational Anthropology in Paul by Samuel D. Ferguson Pdf

La 4e de couverture indique : "For the Apostle Paul, humans do not identify and act on their own but are constituted, in part, by relationships. Samuel D. Ferguson shows that, according to Paul, the work of the Holy Spirit further attests to this, as Christians realize their new life through Spirit-created relationships of sonship and communal interdependence"

Author : Joan E. Taylor,Ilaria L. E. Ramelli
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-02-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198867067

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Patterns of Women's Leadership in Early Christianity by Joan E. Taylor,Ilaria L. E. Ramelli Pdf

This authoritative collection brings together the latest thinking on women's leadership in early Christianity. Featuring contributors from key thinkers in the fields of Christian history, it considers the evidence for ways in which women exercised leadership in churches from the 1st to the 9th centuries CE.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1889
Category : England
ISBN : PRNC:32101033256692

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The Fortnightly Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philip A. Harland,Richard Last
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567704139

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Group Survival in the Ancient Mediterranean by Philip A. Harland,Richard Last Pdf

Philip A. Harland and Richard Last consider the economics of early Christian group life within its social, cultural and economic contexts, by drawing on extensive epigraphic and archaeological evidence. In exploring the informal associations, immigrant groups, and guilds that dotted the world of the early Christians, Harland and Last provide fresh perspective on the question of how Christian assemblies and Judean/Jewish gatherings gained necessary resources to pursue their social, religious, and additional aims. By considering both neglected archaeological discoveries and literary evidence, the authors analyse financial and material aspects of group life, both sources of income and various areas of expenditure. Harland and Last then turn to the use of material resources for mutual support of members in various groups, including the importance of burial and the practice of interest-free loans. Christian and Judean evidence is explored throughout this book, culminating in a discussion of texts detailing the internal financial life of Christian assemblies as seen in first and second century sources, including Paul, the Didache, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian. In shedding new light on early Christian financial organisation, this volume aids further understanding of how some Christian groups survived and developed in the Greco-Roman world.

Author : Valeriy A. Alikin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004190702

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The Earliest History of the Christian Gathering by Valeriy A. Alikin Pdf

Recent research has made a strong case for the view that Early Christian communities, sociologically considered, functioned as voluntary religious associations. This is similar to the practice of many other cultic associations in the Greco-Roman world of the first century CE. Building upon this new approach, along with a critical interpretation of all available sources, this book discusses the social and religio-historical background of the weekly gatherings of Christians and presents a fresh reconstruction of how the weekly gathering originated and developed in both form and content. The topics studied here include the origins of the observance of Sunday as the weekly Christian feast-day, the shape and meaning of the weekly gatherings of the Christian communities, and the rise of customs such as preaching, praying, singing, and the reading of texts in these meetings.

Author : William Tabbernee
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441245717

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Early Christianity in Contexts by William Tabbernee Pdf

This major work draws on current archaeological and textual research to trace the spread of Christianity in the first millennium. William Tabbernee, an internationally renowned scholar of the history of Christianity, has assembled a team of expert historians to survey the diverse forms of early Christianity as it spread across centuries, cultures, and continents. Organized according to geographical areas of the late antique world, this book examines what various regions looked like before and after the introduction of Christianity. How and when was Christianity (or a new form or expression of it) introduced into the region? How were Christian life and thought shaped by the particularities of the local setting? And how did Christianity in turn influence or reshape the local culture? The book's careful attention to local realities adds depth and concreteness to students' understanding of early Christianity, while its broad sweep introduces them to first-millennium precursors of today's variegated, globalized religion. Numerous photographs, sidebars, and maps are included.