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
3 - Second-Century Diversity
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
When discussing diversity among early Christians, one can point to both geographic dispersion and to doctrinal difference. The first kind, geographic diversity, can be treated briefly, since its contours have been catalogued in detail by other scholars. The larger task for this essay is to reassess various doctrinally distinct groups in light of recent scholarly debates to see what conclusions can be drawn for the second century, with special reference to the corpus known as the Apostolic Fathers.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers , pp. 50 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Further Reading
Berzon, Todd S. Classifying Christians: Ethnography, Heresiology, and the Limits of Knowledge in Late Antiquity. Oakland, CA: University of California Press, 2016.Google Scholar
Bingham, D. Jeffrey, and Jefford, Clayton N. (eds.). Intertextuality in the Second Century. Leiden: Brill, 2016.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Marjanen, Antti, and Luomanen, Petri (eds.). A Companion to Second-Century Christian “Heretics.” Leiden: Brill, 2005.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Markschies, Christoph. Christian Theology and Its Institutions in the Early Roman Empire, trans. Wayne Coppins. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2015.Google Scholar
Paget, James Carleton, and Lieu, Judith (eds.). Christianity in the Second Century: Themes and Developments. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Smith, Geoffrey. Guilt by Association: Heresy Catalogues in Early Christianity. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015.Google Scholar