Patronage in Early Christianity. Alan B. Wheatley
Религия: прочее. Princeton Theological Monograph Series
Patronage in Early Christianity
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isbn 9781630878009
Автор произведения Alan B. Wheatley
Жанр Религия: прочее
Серия Princeton Theological Monograph Series
Издательство Ingram
How did the community we glimpse in the New Testament become an institution quite willing to have the emperor Constantine as a primary public partner? By tracing the use of resources, titles, and functions of leaders and patterns of honor giving, Wheatley traces from a wide variety of sources both acceptance and revision of Roman patronage in this countercultural community. Along the way, it is possible to see dissident groups like the Montanists and Marcionites more clearly and sympathetically, and to ask ourselves some pertinent questions about how a Christian community might function in the twenty-first century.