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Published 2004

The expansion of Christianity : a gazetteer of its first three centuries /

: This volume covers the geographical spread of Christianity in its first three centuries. It is arranged by continents - Asia, Europe and Africa - to show the gradual development of Christian communities down to the Council of Nicaea in 325. The area surveyed stretches from Wales to the borders of India, and from the Northern coasts of the Black Sea to the plains of Morocco. The result is a picture not only of the outward development of early Christianity but of the variety that existed within it as well.
: 1 online resource (x, 407 pages) : maps. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-385) and index. : 9789047402329 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Mullen, Roderic L.

Published 2001

From prophecy to preaching : a search for the origins of the Christian homily /

: This book seeks to determine the origins of preaching in Christianity, and to trace its history before Origen. On the basis of a examination of the external evidence for Christian preaching before Origen and of cognate activities in the ancient world which might have influenced Christian practice, and on the basis of a narrative hypothesis on the nature of the development of Christianity, a history is traced by which prophecy gives way to Scripture as the primitive Christian oikos becomes the oikos theou . The homily is seen to emerge from the practice of submitting prophecy to judgement and application, which comes to employ Scripture and in time is employed on Scripture itself. This is the first attempt to answer the questions of how, when and why preaching entered Christian worship.
: 1 online resource (ix, 306 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-295) and indexes. : 9789004313330 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Stewart-Sykes, Alistair.

Published 2010

The earliest history of the Christian gathering : origin, development and content of the Christian gathering in the first to third centuries /

: 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.
: Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Leiden University, 2009. : 1 online resource (xvii, 342 pages) : illustrations, plans. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-321) and indexes. : 9789004190702 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Alikin, Valeriy A.

Published 2015

Christians shaping identity from the Roman Empire to Byzantium : studies inspired by Pauline Allen /

: The essays collected in Christians Shaping Identity celebrate Pauline Allen's significant contribution to early Christian, late antique, and Byzantine studies, especially concerning bishops, heresy/orthodoxy and christology. Covering the period from earliest Christianity to middle Byzantium, the first eighteen essays explore the varied ways in which Christians constructed their own identity and that of the society around them. A final four essays explore the same theme within Roman Catholicism and oriental Christianity in the late 19th to 21st centuries, with particular attention to the subtle relationships between the shaping of the early Christian past and the moulding of Christian identity today. Among the many leading scholars represented are Averil Cameron and Elizabeth A. Clark.
: 1 online resource (xv, 520 pages) : "Publications by Pauline Allen"--Pages 13-21.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004301573 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Published 2005

The past is prologue : the revolution of Nicene historiography /

: While there has been substantial scholarly work done on the development of Christian doctrine in the fourth and fifth centuries, very little corresponding attention has been paid to the writing of church history during this critical period. This work examines how authors began to construct the historical narrative of the "Arian" controversy and focuses on the interplay between theology and worshipping communities. Major figures such as Eusebius and Athanasius are examined, and important but overlooked figures such as an anonymous non-Nicene chronicler and Philostorgius are also included. In the introduction the book surveys recent developments in the study of "Arianism" and discusses the usefulness of the very category of an "Arian controversy." Subsequent chapters set forth the thesis that church histories are important sources for understanding the development of doctrine. A chapter is devoted to Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History, especially the oft-overlooked Book X. Further chapters explore the role of Rufinus as the first extant author to write a continuation of Eusebius. The work also consciously includes marginalized non-Nicene sources, and there are chapters which examine an anonymous non-Nicene chronicler and the Ecclesiastical History of the Eunomian Philostorgius of Borissus. The book is particularly useful for persons interested in examining the development of doctrine in the fourth century from fresh perspectives. The work approaches church histories as narrative myths of community origins produced by worshipping communities standing in continuity to local schools of thought.
: Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 2002. : 1 online resource (xiii, 226 pages) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-177) and index. : 9789047407836 : 0920-623X ; : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Ferguson, Thomas C.

Published 1995

Hippolytus and the Roman church in the third century : communities in tension before the emergence of a monarch-bishop /

: Allen Brent examines the significance of the Hippolytan events in the life of the Roman Church in the early third century. Developing the thesis of at least two authors in the Hippolytan corpus, he proposes a new, redactional explanation of the relation between these different authors and the theological and social tensions to which their work bears witness. Brent reconstructs a picture of the community that contextualizes both the Hippolytan literature and in particular the Statue, for which he proposes a new interpretation as a community artefact though universally misjudged as a monument to an individual. Tertullian's relationship with Callistus is finally re-assessed. This work is thus an important contribution to new understandings of a period critical both for the development of Church Order and embryonic Trinitarian Orthodoxy.
: 1 online resource (xii, 611 pages, [24] pages of plates) : illustrations, facsimiles. : Includes bibliographical references (p. 541-569) and indexes. : 9789004312982 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.

Brent, Allen.