Christian intellectuals and the Roman Empire : from Justin Martyr to Origen /

A novel treatment of a group of early Christian authors, demonstrating that their behavior and self-presentation were shaped by the norms of Roman intellectual culture, and not simply by factors internal to Christianity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Secord, Jared (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	University Park : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2020]
Series:	Inventing Christianity.
Subjects:	Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Intellectuals > Rome. Christianity > Rome. Rome > Intellectual life.