Early Christianity

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Early Christianity is generally considered as Christianity before the Council of Nicea which occurred in 325 A.D.. However, some scholars consider early Christianity to be the time between the life of Jesus Christ, in the early first century, and the reign of the Roman emperor Constantine (306–337) (Constantine was the first Roman emperor to become a Christian).

History of early Christianity

• History of early Christianity, Encyclopedia Britannica
• Early Church History (30 - 311 A.D.) - Historian Michael Phillips Lecture - (Audio recording)

Christian History Institute: Early church AD 1-500

• Early church AD 1-500, Part 1, Christian History Institute website

• Early church AD 1-500, Part 2, Christian History Institute website

Further reading

• Stark, Rodney.The Rise of Christianity. HarperCollins Pbk. Ed edition 1997. ISBN 978-0-06-067701-5
• Thiede, Carsten Peter. The Dead Sea Scrolls and the Jewish Origins of Christianity. Palgrabe Macmillan (2003). ISBN 978-1-4039-6143-3.

See also

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Ante-Nicene Fathers

External links

• The Ancient Church, Ligonier Ministries
• What Were Early Christians Like?, Christianity.com
• History of early Christianity, Britannica
• Early Christianity
• Ante-Nicene Fathers. The Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325.
• Ante-Nicene Fathers (biblestudytools.com)
• History of the Christian Church, Volume II Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325 by Philip Schaff

Videos:

• Apostolic Fathers by Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
• How the Earliest Christians Worshipped (In their own words)