Patronage in Early Christianity : 9781498248020

How did the community we glimpse in the New Testament become an institution quite willing to have the emperor Constantine as a primary public partner? By tracing the use of resources, titles, and functions of leaders and patterns of honor giving, Wheatley traces from a wide variety of sources both acceptance and revision of Roman patronage in this countercultural community. Along the way, it is possible to see dissident groups like the Montanists and Marcionites more clearly and sympathetically, and to ask ourselves some pertinent questions about how a Christian community might function in the twenty-first century.

Author: Alan B. Wheatley

Publisher: Pickwick Publications

Publication Date: Apr 14, 2011

Number of Pages: 212 pages

Binding: Hardback or Cased Book

ISBN-10: 1498248020

ISBN-13: 9781498248020