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3 - Second-Century Diversity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 May 2021

By
David E. Wilhite
Edited by
Michael F. Bird  and
Scott Harrower
Michael F. Bird
Affiliation:
Ridley College, Melbourne
Scott Harrower
Affiliation:
Ridley College, Melbourne
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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 - 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print 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
Wilhite, David. The Gospel According to the Heretics. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2015.Google Scholar

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