Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Intriguing and Enigmatic
- 1 The Roman Empire in the Era of the Apostolic Fathers
- 2 The Image of Jews and Judaism in the Apostolic Fathers
- 3 Second-Century Diversity
- 4 The Jesus Tradition in the Apostolic Fathers
- 5 The Text of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers
- 6 The Reception of Paul, Peter, and James in the Apostolic Fathers
- 7 Between Ekklēsia and State
- 8 Church, Church Ministry, and Church Order
- 9 The Apostolic Mothers
- 10 1 and 2 Clement
- 11 The Letters of Ignatius
- 12 Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp
- 13 Didache
- 14 The Epistle of Barnabas
- 15 The Shepherd of Hermas as Early Christian Apocalypse
- 16 The Epistle to Diognetus and the Fragment of Quadratus
- 17 The Fragments of Papias
- Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page )
- References
7 - Between Ekklēsia and State
The Apostolic Fathers and the Roman Empire
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 May 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Abbreviations
- Introduction Intriguing and Enigmatic
- 1 The Roman Empire in the Era of the Apostolic Fathers
- 2 The Image of Jews and Judaism in the Apostolic Fathers
- 3 Second-Century Diversity
- 4 The Jesus Tradition in the Apostolic Fathers
- 5 The Text of the New Testament in the Apostolic Fathers
- 6 The Reception of Paul, Peter, and James in the Apostolic Fathers
- 7 Between Ekklēsia and State
- 8 Church, Church Ministry, and Church Order
- 9 The Apostolic Mothers
- 10 1 and 2 Clement
- 11 The Letters of Ignatius
- 12 Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians and the Martyrdom of Polycarp
- 13 Didache
- 14 The Epistle of Barnabas
- 15 The Shepherd of Hermas as Early Christian Apocalypse
- 16 The Epistle to Diognetus and the Fragment of Quadratus
- 17 The Fragments of Papias
- Sources Index
- Subject Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page )
- References
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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- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers , pp. 135 - 155Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Further Reading
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