GERMAN

Soziale Elite und Christentum: Studien zu ordo-Angehörigen unter den frühen Christen

By Alexander Weiss

Book information

Publisher
de Gruyter
Year
2015
ISBN
9783110399370, 9783110373806, 9783110555547
DOI
10.1515/9783110399370
Language
german
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3597104 bytes)
Series
Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies; 52
Pages
254\0
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-07-24 06:20:10

Description

The notion that early Christianity was a “lower class religion” is surely outdated. Yet the extent to which members of the social elites turned to the new faith remains a matter of intense scholarly dispute. Many researchers argued against the idea that the social elites were already represented among early Christians. However, the sources give extensive evidence that senators and local officials were among the Christians of the 1st century CE.

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