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

The notion that early Christianity was a "lower class religion" is surely outdated.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 repre...

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Main Author: Weiß, Alexander (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:German
Language Notes:In German.
Published: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
Series:Millennium-Studien ; Bd. 52.
Subjects:
Christians > Rome.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Estates (Social orders) > Rome.
Social classes > Rome.
Chrétiens > Rome.
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Classes sociales > Rome.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Christians
Church history > Primitive and early church
Estates (Social orders)
Social classes
Rome (Empire)
30-600
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Summary:The notion that early Christianity was a "lower class religion" is surely outdated.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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 246 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:5 schw.-w. Abb.
ISBN:9783110399370
3110399377
9783110399516
3110399512
ISSN:1862-1139 ;