After the New Testament

This present collection of primary texts reveals the remarkable diversity of the early Christian movement from the time of the New Testament up to the writings of Eusebius (c.100-300). Including works later deemed both "orthodox" and "heterodox", and organized according to historical and social categories (e.g. persecution and marytrdom, the rise of anti-Judaism, the development of church offices, "heresy" and "orthodoxy", and the formation of early liturgy), the texts are given in clear and up-to-date English translations, each introduced by a concise and informative overview. Packed with clear and compelling information, the collection is suitable for anyone - student, teacher, pastor, layperson - interested in the history and literature of Christianity's first three centuries.

ISBN 0195114450   DEWEY edition DC21 ISBN13 9780195114454 (What's this?)   Pages 448 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc   Volumes 1 Imprint Oxford University Press Inc   Weight (grammes) 769 Format Paperback   Published in New York Publication date 26 Nov 1998   Height (mm) 234 Non-book description xii, 436 p. ;   Width (mm) 188 Library of Congress 97047660   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 270.1   Academic level Tertiary education

		Preface
1		General Introduction		1
2		The Spread of Christianity: Early Christians and their Converts		7
1		The Acts of John		10
2		The Acts of Thomas		13
3		Justin: Dialogue with Trypho		18
3		The Attack on Christianity: Persecution and Martyrdom in the Early Church		25
4		The Letter of Ignatius to the Romans		28
5		The Martyrdom of Polycarp		30
6		The Letter of the Churches of Vienne and Lyons		35
7		The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs		41
8		The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas		42
4		The Defense of Christianity: The Early Christian Apologists		51
9		Minucius Felix: Octavius		54
10		Justin: First Apology		57
11		Athenagoras: Plea Regarding the Christians		65
12		The Letter to Diognetus		71
13		Tertullian: Apology		75
14		Origen: Against Celsus		82
5		Anti-Judaic Polemic: The Opposition to Jews in Early Christianity		95
15		The Epistle of Barnabas		98
16		Justin: Dialogue with Trypho		106
17		Melito of Sardis: On the Passover		115
18		Tertullian: Answer to the Jews		129
6		The Diversity of Early Christianity: Writings Later Deemed Heretical		131
19		The Gospel According to the Ebionites		134
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