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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.

Religious gatherings --- Worship --- Lord's Supper --- Agape --- Sacred meals --- Church history --- Christianity --- History. --- History --- Rome --- Religious life and customs. --- Assemblies, Religious --- Congregations (Religious gatherings) --- Gatherings, Religious --- Religious assemblies --- Religious meetings --- Councils and synods --- Meetings --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Meals, Sacred --- Sacramental meals --- Dinners and dining --- Fasts and feasts --- Love --- Love feasts --- Religious aspects --- Religious gatherings - Christianity - History. --- Worship - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Lord's Supper - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Agape - History. --- Sacred meals - Rome - Comparative studies. --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Religious gatherings - Rome - Comparative studies. --- Rome - Religious life and customs. --- Theology --- Early Church & Patristics --- Eucharist --- Jesus --- Paul the Apostle

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The Second Century occupies a central place in the development of ancient Christianity. The aim of the book is to examine how in the cultural, social, and religious efflorescence of the Second Century, to be witnessed in phenomena such as the Second Sophistic, Christianity found a peculiar way of integrating into the more general transformation of the Empire and how this allowed the emerging religion to establish and flourish in Graeco-Roman society. Hadrian's reign was the starting point of that process and opened new possibilities of self-definition and external self-presentation to Christianity, as well as to other social and religious agencies. Differently from Judaism, however, Christianity fully seized the opportunity, thus gaining an increasing place in Graeco-Roman society, which ultimately led to the first Christian peace under the Severan emperors. The point at issue is examined from a multi-disciplinary perspective (including archaeology, cultural, religious, and political history) to challenge well-established, but no longer satisfactory, historical and hermeneutical paradigms. The contributors aim to examine institutional issues and sociocultural processes in their different aspects, as they were made possible on Hadrian's initiative and resulted in the merge of early Christianity into the Roman Empire.

Church history --- Christianity and other religions --- Judaism --- Eglise --- Christianisme --- Judaïsme --- History --- Relations --- Christianity --- Histoire --- Hadrian, --- Rome --- Christianity and other religions -- Judaism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Geschichte 117-138. --- Hadrian, Emperor of Rome, 76-138. --- Judaism -- Relations -- Christianity -- History -- Talmudic period, 10-425. --- Rome -- History -- Hadrian, 117-138. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- 27 "01" --- 937.07 --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"01" --- Geschiedenis van Rome: constitutioneel keizerrijk van Augustus tot de soldatenkeizers--(31 v. Chr.-284 n. Chr.) --- 937.07 Geschiedenis van Rome: constitutioneel keizerrijk van Augustus tot de soldatenkeizers--(31 v. Chr.-284 n. Chr.) --- History. --- Judaïsme --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Adrian, --- Hadrianus, --- Adriano, --- Hadrien, --- אדריאנוס, --- Jews --- Religions --- Semites --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Syncretism (Christianity) --- Christianity and Judaism. --- Christianity and Roman Empire. --- Early Christianity. --- Hadrian's Religious Policy. --- Hadrian, Roman Emperor. --- Geschichte 117-138 --- Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Christianity and other religions - Judaism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Judaism - Relations - Christianity - History - Talmudic period, 10-425. --- Hadrian, - Emperor of Rome, - 76-138. --- Rome - History - Hadrian, 117-138.

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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.

Church history --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Primitive and early church. --- Christianity --- Ecclesiastical history --- History, Church --- History, Ecclesiastical --- History --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Biblical studies & exegesis --- Rome --- Religious life and customs. --- Christianity and other religions --- Paganism --- Paganism. --- Relations --- Christianity.

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Saint Jérôme souffre parfois du voisinage trop éclatant de son illustre contemporain Augustin. Qu’il s’essaie dans le genre historique avec la Chronique et aussitôt s’élève le choeur des voix qui lui préfèrent l’ampleur et la portée théologique de la Cité de Dieu ! Mais une telle comparaison, qui ne tient compte ni des enjeux ni du contexte spécifiques de chaque œuvre, est forcément réductrice et conduit inévitablement à des classements arbitraires et spécieux. L’œuvre historique d’Augustin, composée après 410, aurait été différente si Jérôme ne s’était pas mis en tête, vers 380, de faire connaître au monde latin l’historiographie chrétienne grecque et de traduire la Chronique d’Eusèbe de Césarée. Sa contribution ne se limite d’ailleurs pas à une simple traduction puisqu’il a lui-même composé, pour les années 326-378, un prolongement à cette chronique. C’est cette continuation que le lecteur trouvera ici. Les figures de l’empereur Constantin et de ses fils y côtoient celles, toutes nimbées de sainteté, de moines et d’évêques dont l’idéal ascétique et la doctrine ne sont pas toujours du goût du pouvoir temporel ; on y assiste aux derniers soubresauts de la réaction païenne avec le passage fugitif de Julien, le fameux « apostat », aux commandes de l’Empire ; on y voit les barbares d’Occident et d’Orient tenir tête à la puissance romaine tandis que l’Église, en proie aux âpres disputes des partisans et adversaires d’Arius, connaît une grave crise d’adolescence. Et sur tout cela s’abat parfois avec fracas une averse de grêle meurtrière ou le malheur d’un tremblement de terre dévastateur. Dans le style concis caractéristique des chroniques, Jérôme nous fournit ici un abrégé de l’histoire de son temps dans lequel l’historien d’aujourd’hui pourra glaner des informations précieuses pour la compréhension et la connaissance du IVe siècle.

Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Jerome, --- Gerolamo, --- Gérome, --- Gerónimo, --- Girolamo, --- Heronimos, --- Hieronim, --- Hieronymus, Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, --- Hieronymus, Sophronius Eusebius, --- Hieronymus, Stridonensis, --- Ieronim, Stridonskiĭ, --- Iheronimus, --- Jerónimo, --- Jerōnimos, --- Church history --- Christian literature, Early --- Eglise --- Littérature chrétienne primitive --- Sources --- Latin authors --- History and criticism --- Histoire --- Auteurs latins --- Histoire et critique --- Eusebius, --- Jerome --- Congresses --- Eusebius of Caesarea --- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 A.D. --- Christian literature [Early ] --- Jeronimi, --- historiographie --- biographie --- biographies chrétiennes --- histoire des religions --- chronique (syle littéraire)

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This volume explores Gregory Of Nyssa's concept of human nature. It argues that the frequent use Gregory makes of phusis -terminology is not only a terminological predilection, but rather the key to the philosophical and theological foundations of his thought. Starting from an overview of the theological landscape in the early 360's the study first demonstrates the meaning and relevance of universal human nature as an analogy for the Trinity in Cappadocian theology. The second part explores Gregory's use of this same notion in his teaching on the divine economy. It is argued that Gregory takes this philosophical theory into the service of his own theology. Ultimately the book provides an example for the mutual interaction of philosophy and Christian theology in the fourth century.

Theological anthropology --- Christianity --- History of doctrines --- 276 =75 GREGORIUS NYSSENUS --- Man (Christian theology) --- -Man (Christian theology) --- Griekse patrologie--GREGORIUS NYSSENUS --- -Gregory of Nyssa, Saint --- -Contributions in Christian doctrine of man --- Gregory, --- -Griekse patrologie--GREGORIUS NYSSENUS --- Ghirīghūriyūs, --- Grégoire, --- Gregor, --- Gregori, --- Gregorio, --- Grēgorios, --- Gregorius, --- Grigoli, --- Grigoriĭ, --- Grzegorz, --- Qiddīs Ghirīghūriyūs Usquf Nīṣṣ, --- Grigorije, --- Gregorius Nyssenus --- Gregor von Nyssa --- Gregorio di Nissa --- Gregorius van Nyssa --- Gregory of Nyssa --- Grégoire de Nysse --- Contributions in Christian doctrine of man. --- Humanities --- The Early Church --- Theological anthropology - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca 30-600.