Patronage in Early Christianity

by Alan B. Wheatley

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1597525871
• ISBN13: 9781597525879
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"