Books and Readers in the Early Church
Books and Readers in the Early Church

Author: Harry Y. Gamble

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780300069181

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This fascinating and lively book provides the first comprehensive discussion of the production, circulation, and use of books in early Christianity. It explores the extent of literacy in early Christian communities; the relation in the early church between oral tradition and written materials; the physical form of early Christian books; how books were produced, transcribed, published, duplicated, and disseminated; how Christian libraries were formed; who read the books, in what circumstances, and to what purposes. Harry Y. Gamble interweaves practical and technological dimensions of the production and use of early Christian books with the social and institutional history of the period. Drawing on evidence from papyrology, codicology, textual criticism, and early church history, as well as on knowledge about the bibliographical practices that characterized Jewish and Greco-Roman culture, he offers a new perspective on the role of books in the first five centuries of the early church.

The Primitive Church
The Primitive Church

Author: Rev. Fr. D. I. Lanslots

Publisher: TAN Books

Published: 1980-10

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1505105854

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How the Catholic Church got started. Covers Sts. Peter and Paul; first Popes; the written and unwritten word; Council of Jerusalem; persecutions; religious life of early Christians; early popes and martyrs; birth of the New Testament.

Ancient Christianity Exemplified in the ... Life of the Primitive Christians
Ancient Christianity Exemplified in the ... Life of the Primitive Christians

Author: Lyman Coleman

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781020241529

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Lyman Coleman provides a comprehensive survey of the practices and beliefs of the early Christian church, drawing on both historical sources and biblical texts. This book is an excellent resource for scholars of early Christianity, as well as anyone interested in the history of religion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Men and Movements in the Primitive Church
Men and Movements in the Primitive Church

Author: F. F. Bruce

Publisher: Paternoster Publishing

Published: 2006-01

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 9781842274453

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It is plain even from Paul’s own writings that other presentations of the Christian message than his own were current during his apostolic career. With some of these other presentations he is quite happy; against others he found it necessary to put his readers on their guard. In these four studies originally presented as the inaugural series of Didsbury Lectures at the British Isles Nazarene College, Manchester, F.F. Bruce discusses what we know about the history of non-Pauline Christianity in the first century. Judiciously drawing upon material from the whole of the New Testament, he relates it to other early Christian literature in order to provide a highly readable outline of an important area. But, as he warns, this book does not study the literature for its own sake. Instead, it focuses on the leaders of early non-Pauline Christianity, with their associates, from whom the literature provides indispensable evidence. The topics covered are: Chapter 1: Peter and the Eleven Chapter 2: Stephen and Other Hellenists Chapter 3: James and the Church of Jerusalem Chapter 4: John and his Circle