HISTORY OF THE EARLY CHURCH

History of Christianity

In Africa

• A History of Christianity in Egypt

In England

• Early Christianity in Britain
• Development of Christian Society in Early Britain
• Bede: Conversion of England

General

• A Gallery of Converts - Rejecting paganism, these five Christians helped evangelize an empire. - by Gregory P. Elder - Christian History, Winter 1998
• Christian Catacombs of Rome
• Church History - by Eusebius of Caesarea
• The Cosmic Mysteries of Mithras
• Eucharist in the Early Church
• IOUDAIOS Review
• Journal of Early Christian Studies
• Live Longer, Healthier, & Better: The untold benefits of becoming a
  Christian in the ancient world. - Rodney Stark - Christian History, Winter 1998
• Ministry and Leadership in the New Testament and the Early Church - Prof. Felix Just, S.J.
• Ordinary Saints at First Church - E. Glenn Hinson - "It wasn't revivals or eloquent preachers that most influenced pagan society but everyday Christian doing everyday evanglism." - Christian History, Winter 1998
• The Apostolic Age
• The Christians as the Romans Saw Them

• The Scriptorium: Center for Christian Antiquities

Institutions

• A Concilio Constantinopolitano I
• Hospital origins - early Christians established first hospitals - Gary Macy - National Catholic Reporter Issue: August 13, 1999
• The Competition - Everett Ferguson - Christian History, Winter 1998 - "When Christianity came to town, the religious marketplace was already crowded."

Events

• Ancient History Sourcebook The Ritual Cannabilism Charge Against Christians
• Carolingian Monastic Reform and the Plan of St. Gall Part I
• Evangelists to the Death - William H.C. Frend - "It took centuries for Christian martyrs to
  impact pagan society." - Christian History, Winter 1998
• Persecution and Martyrdom in Early Christianity - Professor Darrell Doughty, Drew University, Madison NJ
• The Church Persecuted and Defended — Chapter 3 in A Catechism of Church
  History - Fr. Robert J. Fox
• The Empire Strikes Back: How the once illegal religion became the law of the empire - by John O. Gooch - Christian History, Winter 1998
• The First Christian Martyrs of Rome - Compassion Magazine Spring 2000
• The Growth of Early Christianity: a Christian History Timeline - by David F. Wright - Christian History, Winter 1998
• Early Church History Timeline
• The Martyrs of Lyons

The Christian Catacombs of Rome "The Internet site gives a wide range of answers to the many questions of visitors

What are really the catacombs?... When did they originate? Why did they develop so extensively? Why are they located outside the city walls, along the great consular roads? ...Since the catacombs are only cemeteries, how can they tell us the history of the early Church in Rome? Why did the Christians use so many symbols? Why were the Christians persecuted? Did the persecutions last uninterruptedly for centuries? What was the behaviour of the Christians during the persecutions? Did they suffer them passively, without any resistance or did they react to this injustice? ...What is the importance of the Catacombs for the Church of today?"

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