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7 - Between Ekklēsia and State

The Apostolic Fathers and the Roman Empire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

Michael F. Bird
Affiliation:
Ridley College, Melbourne
Scott Harrower
Affiliation:
Ridley College, Melbourne
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Summary

The discrete texts known collectively as the Apostolic Fathers may each be dated somewhere between the end of the first century CE and the end of the second century, with the majority written in the first half of the second century, variously in Rome or in Roman provinces around the eastern Mediterranean.

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Print publication year: 2021

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Cook, J.G. Roman Attitudes towards the Christians: From Claudius to Hadrian. WUNT 2.261. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2010.Google Scholar
Dunning, B.H. Aliens and Sojourners: Self as Other in Early Christianity. Divinations. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hurtado, L.M. Destroyer of the Gods: Early Christian Distinctiveness in the Roman World. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Jefford, C.M. The Apostolic Fathers and the New Testament. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2006.Google Scholar
Kruger, M.J. Christianity at the Crossroads: How the Second Century Shaped the Future of the Church. London: SPCK, 2017.Google Scholar
Moss, C.Roman Imperialism: The Political Context of Early Christian Apocrypha,” in The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Apocrypha, ed. Gregory, A. and Tuckett, C.. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015, 378–88.Google Scholar
Rhee, H. Early Christian Literature: Christ and Culture in the Second and Third Centuries. London: Routledge, 2005.Google Scholar

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