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"In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of "reco...

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Main Author: Huttunen, Niko, Th. D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]
Series:Supplements to Novum Testamentum ; 179.
Subjects:
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and other religions > Paganism.
Paganism > Relations > Christianity.
Rome > Religious life and customs.
Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Interfaith relations.
Paganism.
Rome (Empire)
30-600
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Summary:"In Early Christians Adapting to the Roman Empire: Mutual Recognition Niko Huttunen challenges the interpretation of early Christian texts as anti-imperial documents. He presents examples of the positive relationship between early Christians and the Roman society. With the concept of "recognition" Huttunen describes a situation in which the parties can come to terms with each other without full agreement. Huttunen provides examples of non-Christian philosophers recognizing early Christians. He claims that recognition was a response to Christians who presented themselves as philosophers. Huttunen reads Romans 13 as a part of the ancient tradition of the law of the stronger. His pioneering study on early Christian soldiers uncovers the practical dimension of recognizing the empire"--
Physical Description:ix, 282 pages ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004426153
9004426159
ISSN:0167-9732 ;