on December 27, 2012 360 views
In this video, we take a look at the Church of the 1st century, from Pentecost in AD 29 to the death of the Apostle John in AD 100.

Suggested Reading:
"Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew" - Bart D. Ehrman
"From Jesus to Christianity: How Four Generations of Visionaries & Storytellers Created the New Testament and Christian Faith" - L. Michael White
"Heretics for Armchair Theologians" - Justo L. González & Catherine Gunsalus González
"Early Christian Writings" - translated by Maxwell Staniforth, edited by Andrew Louth
"The Story of Christianity: An Illustrated History of 2000 Years of the Christian Faith" - David Bentley Hart
"Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol i: Apostolic Fathers, Justin Martyr, and Irenaeus" - edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson
"History of the Church" - Eusebius of Caesarea, translated by G.A. Williamson
"From Memory to History: Using Oral Sources in Local Historical Research" - Barbara Allen & Lynwood Montell
"Rome and Jerusalem: The Clash of Ancient Civilizations" - Martin Goodman
"The Works of Josephus" - Josephus, translated by William Whiston
"The Holy Bible (New Kings James Version)"
"Early Christian Doctrines" - J.N.D. Kelly
"The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation" - Justo L. González

Primary Sources:
Didache
Epistle of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians (also known as 1 Clement)
Epistle of Barnabas
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians
Against Heresies - St. Irenaeus of Lyons
The New Testament (especially Acts of the Apostles)
The Jewish War - Flavius Josephus
The Histories - Tacitus
Lives of the Caesars - Suetonius
History of the Church - Eusebius
Categories: Church History
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