The Church in Rome in the First Century

by George Edmundson

Overview

The Church In Rome In The First Century is an examination of various controverted questions relating to its history, chronology, literature and traditions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781556358463
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	03/01/2008
Pages:	312
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.80(d)

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THE CHURCH IN ROME LECTURE I Rom. i. 8: ' First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.' The subject of these lectures is in one sense a well-worn theme. The literature bearing upon the history of the Church in Rome during the first century is enormous, and unfortunately in modern times the prevailing note has been controversial. It has seemed as if it were impossible even for those who have tried to write on the beginnings of Roman Christianity in the impartial spirit of the scientific historian to free themselves from bias and prejudice. This very fact, however, only proves that this has been and is a subject of profound and indeed of absorbing interest, and it is so from whatever point of view we regard it, the political, no less than the ecclesiastical and religious. That interest indeed, so far from diminishing, has been greatly stimulated and increased by the archaeological researches and discoveries made in Rome and its immediate neighbourhood during the past half-century. Year by year additions have been made to our knowledge, and it is now generally admitted that the last word on many most important and critical questions has not yet been spoken. Already many assertions once confidently made have had to be modified or abandoned, opinions put forward with authority are constantly being revised, and a careful study of available evidence has convinced me that there are grounds ..