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Revealing the rich diversity of the early Christian movement, After the New Testament: 100-300 CE: A Reader in Early Christianity, Second Edition, brings together an extensive selection of texts from the second and third centuries, both "orthodox" and "heterodox." Selections... Read Full Overview

The remarkable diversity of Christianity during the formative years before the Council of Nicea has become a plain, even natural, "fact" for most ancient historians. Until now, however, there has been no sourcebook of primary texts that reveals the many varieties of Christian... Read Full Overview

This present collection of primary texts reveals the diversity of the early Christian movement from the time of the New Testament up to the writings of Eusebius (c.100-300). It includes works later deemed both orthodox and heterodox, and organized according to historical and... Read Full Overview